themadpatter

This is my first quilt block. It's 12" square. Thank you to Gay, Bear, Barb, Jan, QuiltnNan and everyone else who helped me puzzle it out. Immediately after I had cut out the little squares of one color, I realized I could have made two strips, sewed them together, and it would have been a whole lot easier. So, I started learning right away, lol. I used the piece-lique technique to make the quarter circle parts. Twice, because the first time I ended up without seam allowances. (At which time I looked at DH and noted that the problem with teaching yourself is that you frequently have an inexperienced, and therefore kind of crummy teacher.) I did 2x2 blocks, made the center 4x4 one, then made the quarter circles, added the corner 2x2 block and then attached them to the corners of the center 4x4 part. I put in the white on white curved wedges between the curved pieces, just so it would be square. I think if I make a quilt like this, I will stop after attaching the curves and corners, and leave the wedge blank until I assemble the whole quilt. Although wrestling with the whole big thing while sewing those curves might be really hard. So, maybe not. The easiest way would be to make all the curves and wedges and multisquare blocks, and then assembly would be easy, because all the blocks would be 6" squares. Except trying not to lose any of those pre-made blocks before you assemble the quilt. [ATTACH=CONFIG]582305[/ATTACH]