I can't see it
 

#1piecemaker posted beautiful quilts here http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...w-t256519.html and I love the brown and red and cream quilt but I can't see it in my brain. Can anybody tell me how that quilt is done? Thank you in advances.

Tilt your head to a 45 degree angle. It's just squares. Print the picture off. Turn it so the squares are square, not on point. Draw lines dividing the red and brown sections, you can see the block. It's 4 squares by 4 squares.

If you zoom in on the picture the 4 square is easier to see.

Thank you. I got confused. I think I see one block of 4 that is all creams, all reds, all browns, and another that is 2 cream with one brown and one red. Am I right when it looks like there are 4 basic blocks? Thank you so much for the help. This quilt has me excited to try to make it for Christmas.

I believe you are right, but might want to color on graph paper :). 2.5" squares for the individual, do you think?

I was thinking of using 2.5 strips to make this. Thank you for your help!

Agree that these are squares (8 patch) set on the diagonal. Look at the picture and isolate each block by color. One block has brown/cream and the other is red/cream. Then look at the individual red or brown block divided into four quadrants. It's actually a very simple block to make. You should be able to draft it out without any problems. 2.5 inch strips would work well, each finished block would be 8 inches. You can do some strip piecing of some of the block components and it should go together pretty easily. I love what setting the blocks on the diagonal does for this quilt.

I drew this up in EQ for you and here's what I've come up with. You will have one diagonal row that consists of a brown 4-patch followed by a brown/red/cream 4-patch, then a red 4-patch followed by another brown/red/cream 4-patch. In my drawing, this is the longest diagonal row from edge-to-edge. The row beside that will consist of a plain cream squares (or a cream 4-patch) followed by a brown/red/cream 4-patch. I'm not sure what she did for the setting triangles, so I just left those patches blank.

Thank you all for the help on this! I am going to get started on this right away I hope. Thank you again for taking the time to be so detailed for me. I appreicate it more than you know.

Or another way to look at this is as a 16 patch made with just two different strip sets per color.
The blocks are set on point.
Jan in VA

Oh Jan in VA your a genious! I think I two cream, then a red, then a cream for the top and bottom of the block. then one cream and three red strips to ma ke the middle off the block. And the same with the brown, right? Thank you so so so much for the time to help me on this.

Yes, you're right. But you could also make the strips this way, which is a bit less sewing for the blocks.

Jan in VA

Much easier i think.

Yes, that's how I saw it. Blocks made up of 4 squares by 4 squares.

Just send her an PM. I know that #1Piecemakers loves to chat with other quilters. She may or may not know where the pattern can be found.

Here is the block, it is a 16-patch:

Thanks Jan, you have such a great eye for picking those patterns apart!!

Hello Jan ~ If you were to make this block what size would you make the each of the strips to make the block? I often wonder if I will ever become less pattern dependent and see quilt blocks the way you and many others do?

Yes and thank-you Jan for all that you contribute to this board. So many talented wonderful sharing people, helping one another....Priceless :)

Like OP, I'd never have seen that! Once pointed out, it's easy to see, but on my own - not so much!

I also covered the black portions of the picture posted by Baloonatic, so I could see what it would look like if not set on point. The on point setting really makes it look so different - and, in my opinion, prettier. It's a lovely quilt.

This is a gorgeous pattern and definately on my to do list.

I kind of looks like Lover's Knot ....just layed out differently. I am working on one now.