Tag: Patchwork Palooza

Friend Julie is doing much better at the Patchwork Palooza than I am. However, I am undaunted! After my success with the Patchwork Palooza 8 Redux, I couldn’t rest on my laurels. I stopped myself from making too many of these blocks all at once. After all, I have other projects on which to work. I did make this block, n.1. I want to catch up and then start making the secondary blocks.

The dots will be the background and I have added in a new Art Gallery Natural Elements print for the Flying Geese. I have kind of decided to use that Grunge lavender every time I have to cut a 4.5 inch square. I may need to buy more. I’ll need to add in some other fabrics but will do that over time.

This is basically a Sawtooth Star with some shenanigans in the corners. In Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Quilt Patterns, this block is called Magic Cross Design from Woman’s Day 1931. I didn’t find this block in Jinny Beyer’s The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns. I  didn’t find a reference to Women’s Day in the bibliography. I guess you have to draw the line somewhere.

After the other day’s disappointing start to the Patchwork Palooza I tried again. This time things went a lot better. I actually got a seam allowance and didn’t need to drag out the Simple Folded Corners** ruler.

The block came out much better the second time.  I followed the directions exactly except I did sew a little to the left of the drawn line so the flippy bit covered the whole corner. The flippy corners method is actually a good way to make the block.

I guess I should have trusted the directions the first time out.

I also changed the pink to a lighter one.

The Patchwork Palooza project calls this block Dancing Diamonds. I found it in Jinny Beyer’s The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns, where this block is called Godey Design from Godey’s Ladies Book, 1857, or Mosaic n.3, Ladies Art Company 1897.

Later I was looking for the Wing Clipper ruler and found a Square-in-a-Square ruler** by Studio 180 designs.  I have no idea where or when I bought this. Maybe it was a gift? Since Square-in-a-Square blocks are one of my least favorites it seems like a odd choice. Maybe I bought it to use for the Boy Scout Patch quilt that’s lingering on my Dream Projects list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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