octagon blocks
06-24-2011, 09:55 PM
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Help! I'm drawing a blank & it's driving me crazy. When my SIL passed, I received a box with blocks that she had cut out. Several bags are 4" octagon shaped blocks. I can't think what the name of the pattern is. I've seen pictures of old quilts using these,but knew I probably didn't have the patience to cut these blocks. Some of the fabrics is from 1940 - 1950's. I'm not really a scrappy person. To me, everything needs to match. I'd really like to see a pattern or picture to make sure I do this right. thanks for your help
06-24-2011, 10:14 PM
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Octagons have 8 sides. Grandmothers Flower Garden uses hexagons which have 6 sides.
If they are octagon blocks, google image search "octagon quilt". You will need either squares or triangles to fill in between the octagons, depending on you lay them out. You can see from the google search what I mean.
If they are hexagons, then GFG is a good use. Google image search "gfg quilt" for examples.
If they are octagon blocks, google image search "octagon quilt". You will need either squares or triangles to fill in between the octagons, depending on you lay them out. You can see from the google search what I mean.
If they are hexagons, then GFG is a good use. Google image search "gfg quilt" for examples.
06-25-2011, 09:46 AM
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If you go to your Google home page and look in the UPPER Left hand corner, it has the word IMAGES...click on it...then type in octagon quilt patterns, it has a lot of the "popular" ones <and of course, some hexagon ones because it seems to confuse people between hexagon and octagon.> Then you can click on the pictures and go to the website...it is my favorite way to Google as I am a visual person. Hope this helps!
06-25-2011, 01:31 PM
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It might be the old-fashioned way to do the snowball block? Nowadays, most people do them by taking a 4 inch square and sewing four smaller squares to the corners on the diagonal and then trimming the extra off. Look up snowball blocks and see if that is what your blocks look like.
06-25-2011, 08:23 PM
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That's what I was searching for,Grandmother's flower garden. Yes, they are hexagons not octagons. I really appreciate your help. I knew someone would steer me in the right direction:) Thanks so much!!
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