Help to Identify this Block
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Reminds me of a wagon wheel so here is what I found:
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Thank you so much.
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It is called a Kalleidoscope, and someone from Australia made one that the called "Waiting for Russell" , her son who was in sports, and she sewed it while waiting for him.I made one a few years back. bearisgray drew out the pattern, which will form a hexagon, any you sew the hexies together. I believe I still have the pattern for it, somewhere.
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#16
Making half hexies would eliminate the dreaded Y seams, it could be constructed in rows. I would start w/ the 60' triangle (drawn on paper) take and inch (or more depending on the original size) wide wedge off each side add seam allowances to the cut and use those as templates, the center triangle for your colored and sew a white wedge to each side making it back into a 60' pieced triangle, then using those to make your half hexies.
#17
I just happen to love this quilt pattern and it graced my bed for many years and the second one I made, in the lap version is still my backup quilt for cold nights. The block is called Joseph's Coat. The one you show is a variation that I made as a lap quilt many years ago. I found it easier when making a king size quilt to do it without cutting each piece in half for a second color. This picture is grainy (very old digital photo). I made this quilt by hand and hand quilted it using 1930 repo fabrics. My pattern provided for the whole of 2 pieced blades.
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I'm going to be making a very modern quilt, quite a departure from what I usually do, and I will be doing just a few very fancy metallic fabric OBW alternating with black because I want that walnut sort of shape. I already made one set of blocks but I grabbed the wrong ruler and came out with octagons instead of hexagons. I tried to convince myself that it would be ok, but ever though I used up the right fabric on the wrong shape, I'm going with a perfectly fine if not exactly right fabric with the shape I want.
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