Drafting for the Creative Quilter

40 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Drafting from the Inside Outward Draw a square larger than the size you want. Draw a c ...

LOGCABINANDPINEAPPLEBLOCkS 41 Pineapple Block Pineapple Quilt, 65 ̋ × 65 ̋, designed, pieced, and machine quilted by Cha ...

42 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER on either side of the center square, then you would have 10 equal divisions (4 on each ...

LOGCABINANDPINEAPPLEBLOCkS 43 uuu Noteworthy uuu If you have a compass that holds its position well, set the expansion a ...

44 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER 8-Pointed Star Blocks Most quilters love stars. Designs in the 8-pointed star category ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 45 There will be times, depending on the complexity of your design, when you will have drawn a lot of li ...

46 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Create this basic underlying structure to draft numerous 8-pointed star drafting design ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 47 A A A A A B A A B B B B B B B A The A and B division along the outside edges of the square continues ...

48 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER World Without End Block A World Without End block is cre- ated by rotating the four qua ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 49 Evening Star Block This is one of many 8-pointed stars that stand on one point instead of on two. TO ...

50 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Rolling Star Block Although this block has only three shapes, it appears more complex t ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 51 Star and Chains Block This block is similar to Rolling Star (page 50), but it has an additional layer ...

52 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Interlocking Squares Block This is one of my favorite blocks. It has nothing to do with ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 53 North Carolina Star Block As I researched blocks, this one was new to me, but easy to draft and lovel ...

54 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER North Carolina Star Variation Block To draft a North Carolina Star Variation block, you ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 55 B A B B A A A B Draft the Basic Underlying Structure and connect A’s to B’s. B A B B A A A B All A’s ...

56 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Silver and Gold Block The Silver and Gold block simply divides each diamond in a LeMoyn ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 57 Star of the Magi Block Drafting of this block results in multiple layers of lines; use colored pencil ...

58 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Dutch Rose Block This block is pieced from five shapes: two triangles, one diamond, one ...

8-POINTEDSTARBLOCkS 59 Castle Wall Block You will need five shapes to piece this block: a square, triangle, diamond, trapezo ...