The pieces of the arcs are not straight cuts - they're angled to create the curve. So you wouldn't be able to make a strip set and cut the shapes out.

Timely - someone just asked this exact question yesterday.

After you made the arc, you could piece the black thin strip to it, and then attach them to the square as one piece.

If you get the pattern worked out I'd be happy to test it for you. I like your idea. I would PP the arcs.
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Strip piecing meaning the black is attached to each separate piece of the arc, and then those units are joined to create the arc?
That absolutely could work.

I think I understand your concept, but I'm not sure how you could do multiple arcs from a single strip set.

Do you mean strip piece the red to the black, and the pink to the black - then out of those strips cut your poly's from the two strips?

One thought is that you will have more waste. The black is on the inside curve only, so all of your poly's will be the same direction, and not all will be the same size - you couldn't flip the strip (like you would a tumbler pattern).

Quite unique!

I really like your design I have been working on archs and
have been PP them.

DWR arc from parallel strips

Ah, so the black isn't additional in terms of proportions - it would now be a part of the original sized arc.....Got it.

On further thought...when you sew the pieces together to form the arc, the top(red) and bottom (black) of the arc will have a very smooth curve.

However, the curve on the color change might be a little choppy because you're not curving the black where it meets the red.

Draw two lines on a piece of copy paper about an 3/4" apart.
One represents the color change seam between the red and black, and the other is the bottom of the strip set, which would be the bottom of the black strip.

Now cut some pieces out with the bottom of your template lined up to the lower line.
When you put them next to each other (taking into consideration the seam allowances), there will not be a nice smooth line for the color change seam, right?
The lines will match up piece to piece, but it's not a smooth curve.

If that doesn't bother you, then fine, proceed.

If it does, then you'd have to add the black as a whole separate piece, with one long curved seam (not a big deal) joining the two sections.

Yep, I certainly did.

Hmmm.
Ok, plan C. More excess fabric - I don't use the term waste because I can't be bothered accounting for every 1" of fabric I don't use.

How about you cut entire arcs from each of the two different reds - albeit a bit thinner because you'll be using black - and an entire arc from each of the two blacks (also thinner than the regular sized arc).
Now sew Red1 to Black1 with a curved seam.
This section can then be used to cut out the real pieces with the template.

You'd have a smooth red/black curved seam, and the smaller black pieces would be attached already.

Then do the same for Red2/Black2.
Yes, there's be waste.
But it's either going to be wasted time or fabric. ;-)

Does that sound like it would work?

i like the idea. however, they way you've put together the pieces that meet, i think would be hard to sew together. do you think you could try something different on the intersections?

Well, I don't think the red and black would have to be full sized arcs(width-wise).
As long as you have the seam allowances (top/bottom) plus some wiggle room, that should be enough.
I mean, you don't have measure to the thread. ;-)

You should also have enough seam allowances on each side because you're really only cutting 1/2 the pieces for the arc (or as many as you can get out of one).

And I strongly suggest you try it with two scrap fabrics to make sure it would work.
It should also give you an idea of how large to cut the arcs for the red and black fabrics.
Theoretically, it should work.

Cheryl Phillips' version is done with straight strips sewn together and an arc template placed over the strips to cut. It looks good and is close, but not exactly curved as a traditionally made block is. Perhaps you would be satisfied with her method? It is published in a book called "The Rings That Bind".

I really like your design

Another quilting temptation? I swore I would never make another DWR (AKA quilt from hell). But your design in intriguing.

Or, according to your drawing, the black arcs look like they could be attached to the melon edge instead of the pieced arc. You could still use regular DWR templates for the arcs and corner pieces that way and get the two color effect in your drawing from EQ. Great idea but lots of work either way. Let us see your progress!

About 15 years ago, I took a class at the Appalachian Quilt Party at Boone, NC. The double wedding ring quilt class had us to piece strips of varying widths into a piece of fabric then lay a curved arc over it and cut it. The pieces turned out perfectly and the rings looked as they should have.

You might be on to something there, I like your idea.

A few years back El Burns came up with a DWR using straight pieces. :wink:

Quilt in a day shows you how to do it with Eleanor Burns Egg Money Quilts.

You sew a certain number of 2 1/2 strips then lay her template over the top and cut round it then you have your arc.

I have not explained this very well but go and look on www.quiltinaday.com and look for the videos for Egg Money Quilts and in there they will show you videos of all the quilts in the book. The book of that name comes with the templates I have just bought the book so can confirm that the cardboard templates are there.
Good luck.
Jenny

I am simply enthralled by following the way you all are working thru this complex pattern and am so thankful you are sharing it all with us!!
Thank you hugggggggs and smilesssss....

For the black just a thought. What if you stitched a piece into the seam that was folded wrong sides together, then appliqued it down. Make sense? Think of it as a strip of binding set into the seam and then appliqued.