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09-07-2010, 02:59 PM

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Worse come to worse, you could make placemats with them

That's an idea!! I think I like the idea of treating them like a Dresden Plate, on black, appliqued on. What an oddity!! We'll all come up with the perfect answer!!

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09-07-2010, 03:12 PM

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Lands sakes, I think it is gorgeous. I wouldn't known if you had not pointed it out. Love ya heart, you are too hard on yourself.

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Ruth

09-07-2010, 03:18 PM

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Could you put them together like rectangles instead of '7'agons?

ETA: Oops......didn't pick up that they are already sewn. Sorry :oops:

You were right!! They aren't all sewed together, just individually they are. The blocks are all just laying out relaxing and waiting to see what I'll do with them. hahah. I don't think they will fit together, 2 will, maybe 3 will, but 4 won't go. Yikes.

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I was thinking of alternating them pointy end to flat end (does that make any sense?)

09-07-2010, 04:03 PM

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You could always put it together however it will go, then turn under the raw edges 1/4" & machine applique it onto a background - maybe a black one... ? :D
It is very cool looking!

I was thinking the same thing :)

09-07-2010, 04:49 PM

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Lands sakes, I think it is gorgeous. I wouldn't known if you had not pointed it out. Love ya heart, you are too hard on yourself.

Blessings in disguise!

Ruth

Yes, I am too hard on myself! Thank you so much, mrspete! Love your encouragement!! I think it might have a chance at becoming something -- just not sure what right now. I'll be sure and let you guys see the final result!!

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09-07-2010, 04:55 PM

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You could always put it together however it will go, then turn under the raw edges 1/4" & machine applique it onto a background - maybe a black one... ? :D
It is very cool looking!

I was thinking the same thing :)

Yes, I think I'll go with this idea! Love the black background idea too!

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09-07-2010, 05:00 PM

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Could you put them together like rectangles instead of '7'agons?

ETA: Oops......didn't pick up that they are already sewn. Sorry :oops:

I was thinking of alternating them pointy end to flat end (does that make any sense?)

I'm still trying to figure that out! You mean flipflop them?? I have 3 circular units so far and I just laid them together so you could see the possibility of them adjoining one another. But because of their odd number, it won't work for 4 units together. there's a gap of a few inches that would need a plug! lol.

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09-07-2010, 06:34 PM

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[quote=n2scraplvr You mean flipflop them??

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yes, I thought if you flip-flopped them, they might make
rectangles that would fit together and form a cool light/dark pattern

09-07-2010, 06:50 PM

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[quote=Lady Tapioca]

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Originally Posted by n2scraplvr You mean flipflop them??

:-D[/quote

yes, I thought if you flip-flopped them, they might make
rectangles that would fit together and form a cool light/dark pattern

I just tried it with 2 of them and it becomes a parallelogram! That just gave me a great idea! It now looks like a block from the 20's called String Star that's made of all scraps. The only difference between the SS and mine is the scraps run vertically instead of horizontally. So if I put 6 of these stars together in a spiral, it will look fantastic! Alot better than an odd-shaped K block that doesn't fit together too well. Another thing is that it's hard to get the center points together adequately with 7 wedges. So now I'm leaning to your idea. The shape now resembles a kite so it would pass well for a String Star quilt. haha. I think. haha. :-D :-D

09-08-2010, 03:25 AM

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Yes, I really did design a 7-SIDED KALEIDOSCOPE BLOCK!!! I remember that day in Dec. when I did lots of circles, angles, patterns and when I laid it out, I couldn't get the 8th wedge in!!! Oh no....that means either two darks or two lights come together in the block. I continued anyway. I tore pages out of a phone book, drew my patterns, strip pieced the wedge, laid the pattern on top, cut it out adding 1/4" around, and voila....7 sides instead of 8! Must've grabbed the wrong pattern!! haha. What do we do now????? What was I thinking???? I now have an odd quilt. I just laid the blocks out all sewn together except the bottom left is just laid out for now. We'll make the best of it!! We can turn it around!! I hope. Thanks for looking at my K block gone bad! :oops: :oops: :roll:

If you add strips of white, black, or red to "square up" each block you would get a really neat septagon - star - diamond as in this diagram.

Septagon

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