{"id":29645,"date":"2015-10-17T05:26:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T12:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=29645"},"modified":"2016-11-08T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:47:36","slug":"octagon-nine-patch-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/octagon-nine-patch-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Octagon Nine Patch Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Octagon 9 Patch – October 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was anxious to get the Octagon 9 Patch back up on the wall<\/a>. There it sat for a few weeks and now I have taken it off the wall again. I couldn’t get all the blocks up on the wall anyway and I wanted to use the design wall for the Carpenter’s Wheel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The exercise wasn’t completely useless, because I got to look at the pieces for awhile. I really have a lot of warm colors in this piece. I like that it makes the quilt feel warm, but I wonder if I need more cools. Also, as Julie<\/a> said at one point, the solids do look a bit like holes. I think I can mitigate that by having Colleen<\/a> quilt in each one.<\/p>\n

Also, in realizing I couldn’t put all the blocks up, I figure out that I needed to count the blocks and decide on the layout. Sounds stupid, I know, but I always think the piece will just come together. It would if I had an infinite design wall, but I don’t so I have to count.<\/p>\n

I had a brilliant idea after deciding to count, but not wanting to count only to have to count again in a week because I forgot the number. I pinned the blocks together in groups of 10. Yay! or DUH! depending on how daft I feel at the moment.<\/p>\n

Snowball blocks: 110<\/p>\n

9Patch blocks: 111<\/p>\n

Without really trying, I have a very similar amount for both types of blocks. Perhaps I counted before?<\/p>\n

Now comes the math. I have to figure out how to lay out the blocks – basically starting with a nine patch or an octagon is mostly what I need to figure out.<\/p>\n

The other thing I was wondering is if I need to put another row between each row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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