Thursday, 14 March 2019

Four Dutchman's Puzzles


You may have noticed I like to make four copies of a block when I get the chance. These blocks are destined to be sewn into at least three separate quilts, but when I place them together – temporarily – on my design wall, I catch a glimpse of what a quilt might look like if it was made entirely of these blocks. In this case, you can see the four red-orange stars that were the centers of each block, but you can also see a fifth one that only appears when all four blocks are joined. Between them are four sneaky little green stars that just showed up like magic. Mind you, I’d never EVER make a one-block quilt from blocks like these. They’re fun to look at, but they were a royal pain to piece. None of the points wanted to meet, and they refuse to lie flat. If I tried joining these blocks, it would just be more of the same.

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