Today’s Quilter – September 2019

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ESSENTIAL GUIDE lsewing pieced curves

PLAYING WITH SHAPE AND FILL Fig 5

Youcanberelaxedwithyourpreliminar y

piecing,asthissampleshows.Anareaofcrazy-

stylepatchworkwascreatedbysewingstripsof

varyingwidthstogetherandalteringtheangles

tocreateirregularshapes.Thecurvedtemplate

wasthenusedtocuttwocurvedshapesbefore

beingpiecedwiththeothercurved parts of the

block.Fig 7 shows the stages

Simplecurvewithin

a rectangular block

Fig (^6) Rearranging the block layout
A B C
Simple piecing in part of the block
D E
Fig 7
A B
C D E
Herearesomesuggestions:
QYoucancombinetwoblocksinto
dierentrotationalarrangements, as
showninFig6A,6Band6C.
QThecurvedpartof theblockcould
havesimplepiecedshapes, as shown
inFig6Dand6E.
QYoucoulduseanimprovised
approach, asinFig 7.
Inthelastissue,welearnedhow
todrawcurvedtemplates– a skill
youcanputintopracticebyplaying
withtheshapeofthecurves.Fig 5
showsa shallowarcingcurvewithina
rectangularshape.Bychoosingtodraw
thisshape,variouscombinationscanbe
achievedtocreatedierentblocks.The
shapeis verysimpleandlendsitself
well to contemporary designs.