Medallion Quilt “Tied Together”

QUOTE FROM MY FRIDGE:

The highest  form of wisdom is kindness”  The Talmud

I am assuming that most of you that are visiting came from the McCall’s blog so  I decided to share another one of my medallion quilts. This one was in “American Patchwork and Quilting” on page 34 in the August 2014 issue.

When I start a new medallion quilt I begin by playing with the center.  I have no idea what the end result will be.  This quilt started with leftover blocks from trades and other projects.

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In the picture below you can see me playing on my design wall.  There are blocks that I thought I might use but didn’t seem to work.  I was considering a red border but if you look at the finished quilt you will see this didn’t happen.

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In the center I used split nine-patch blocks leftover from a trade,

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extra blocks from a Triangulation class taught by Sharon Craig 20 years ago,

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rail blocks from a trade and

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blocks I made to turn the corners.

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Once the center was sewn together I pulled out my bag of half-square triangle units.  If you look the finished quilt and then the photo of the design wall you will see that the rows of triangle units are facing different directions.  I had decided to go with the design wall version but I carefully and accurately sewed on a row of triangle units.  They were turned the opposite way from what I had planned.  You can see that I decided not to unseen the row.  LOL

I have a box of 2 1/2″ strips that came in handy for the pieced strip borders.  I don’t cut my stash into certain size pieces but if the fabric is pressed on the cutting mat with a clean edge and there is less than say 5″ left I will cut 1 1/2″, 2″ and 2 1/2″ strips.

Happy Quilting!!!

Lynn

 

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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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