Drafting for the Creative Quilter

80 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Any time you are working in tra- ditional patchwork, see if you can fracture any of its ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 81 A second way you might redesign grid-based blocks is to add another row of grids. I us ...

82 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER LeMoyne Star block The LeMoyne Star block is the most basic of stars in this category, ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 83 Designing the 36 ̋ Sedona The same three shapes—diamond, square, and triangle—that mak ...

84 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER uuuuuu Noteworthy uuuuuu Refer to the Sedona photo, page 116, as you follow the process ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 85 To fracture the squares, go up equidistant from the corner points on both sides and c ...

86 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER To draw the triangle (left unfractured) that joins to the kite, measure the short side ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 87 Tenacious, 23 ̋ × 23 ̋, designed, pieced, and quilted by the author; 9 ̋ Carpenter’s W ...

88 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Redesigning a Feathered Star Block The Feathered Star, a much loved and admired block f ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 89 Line drawing of Asian Influence Once you have a design you love, create your shapes, m ...

90 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Templates Making Templates Templates are wonderful, powerful tools that give high rewar ...

DESIGNINGWITHINTRADITIONALBLOCkS 91 Cutting Fabric with Templates Place each template face down on the wrong side of the ...

Pause Pause, 167/8 ̋ × 18 ̋, designed, pieced, and machine quilted by the author. My goal was to create a simple, minimal, quiet ...

PAUSE 93 Pause Then I created a center star design using the same half-square triangles and an on-point square. Once the block w ...

94 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Make templates (page 90) for H, I, J, K, and L (page 98). Turn over the I template for ...

PAUSE 95 Join 2 pairs of both A’s and B’s 4 times. Press the seams open. AA AA BB BB Make 4 of each. Add a D to the ends of 2 ...

96 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER CORNER UNITS Add a J and a K to 4 Double Bear’s Paw blocks. J K Complete corner unit; m ...

PAUSE 97 Add Border 1 to the bottom edge of the block and press toward the border. BORDER 2 Shown as blue in the Quilt Border ...

98 DRAFTINGFORTHECREATIVEQUILTER Lay out 1 paw and assemble as shown. AA A A D E Make 3. Add an L to each side of the ...

Sampler Supreme, 441/2 ̋ × 471/2 ̋, designed, appliquéd, and pieced by the author; machine quilted by Lois Russell of San Diego, ...