Quiltmaker Blocks #971 #57 #281

QUOTE FROM MY FRIDGE:

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is wiling to be what he is.” Desiderius Erasmus

Fast Track

Gudrun Erla

I used the lightest value with the darkest for the pinwheel.  I think this makes it seem to float on top.  My block came out a little crooked. I decided that just made it a little more floaty.  LOL

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Ups & Downs

Camille Roskelley

I loved playing with this block.  The 3D effect in the old tumbling block quilts was created by using light, medium and dark values. I think a quilt made with these blocks could be very dramatic.

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Vintage Spools

Kimberly Jolly

If I made this block again I would choose a wider range of colors.  The dark pink and purple spools appear much closer in color than I expected.  I am telling myself the ripples in this block will “quilt out”.  LOL

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Published by

Lynn Roddy Brown

I am a sixth generation Texan that has always loved to sew. I took my first sewing lessons at the age of eight at the local Singer sewing-machine shop. I live in Houston, Texas with my husband an economics professor at Rice University. We have three grown children and two cherished grandchildren. I have been making scrap quilts for 25 years. Martingale published my three books: Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts, Simple Strategies for Block-Swap Quilts and Patchwork-Play Quilts.

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