I have always been a fan of M.C. Escher's work. It's fascinating to me to try and figure out his optical illusions and to see how he starts with one object and ends up with something completely different. His Geometries are even more intriguing to me. When I saw this pattern AND saw it made from Kaffe fabrics, it was a win/win for me. Cutting all of the pieces took some time. The fabrics had to be organized into light/medium/dark sets and then cut into strips. The strips were subcut into parallelogram shaped pieces. And the sewing began. And the ripping came shortly there after. After much sewing and not as much ripping (thank goodness!), the blocks are finished! Two different blocks were needed to complete the design... a left facing triangle and a right facing triangle. Once all of the triangles are made, the pattern gives very good directions on placing them in the right order so you end up with this! I could never design something like this, but I can follow directions! Blocks will be cut in half to fill in the top and bottom areas. These blocks aren't sewn into rows yet. It's going to be a slow process, too, to make sure they stay in the right order. This is one of the coolest patterns I've used. The link to the pattern has one made in black, white and red, too. I might have to make another one at some point, but need to finish this one first. Happy Quilting!
A Task card created to help students create 3D illusion cubes. I've include a page of hexagons to cut out and use/give as initial patterns. Feel free to use those or create some of your own size.
Yesterday, while I should have been outside power washing my deck, I finished the Escher quilt top. Some things just can't wait. However, after several hours of power washing this morning, I have a nice clean deck on which to display the finished top! This quilt was a challenge, but so much fun to make. It looks so different depending on which way it's displayed. I think it looks cool no matter what, though. I'm fighting with myself to not start another one. Maybe later. There are other things that need to be made. The quilt in this photo is upside down to me, but still has the "Escher" feel. Flipping the photo shows the top the way I like it. Now to get it quilted! I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today. Happy Quilting!
Finished Size Options: 55x75 or 66x90.Recommended rulers: Quilters Clinic 60 Degree Ruler or Creative Grids 60 degree Triangle
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The ladies got a good start on their Hollow Cubes,Too blocks on Saturday. I like to teach some classes in two sessions, like these 3D cubes. There are a lot of steps to making cubes, especially the hollow ones, so if they can concentrate on the construction of the actual cube, without worrying about how to finish it, it's more manageable. Plus there is a lot of strip sewing and cutting involved in making them and it's good incentive to work on them through the week when they know they will be coming back the next week to work on putting it together. I hope by next Saturday they will be ready to begin sewing some pieces together. Here is my design wall to show the process to the students as they made their first cubes. Lots of pretty fabrics as always! We are using the book ABC 3D Tumbling Blocks and More! by Marci Baker. Her techniques make this interesting quilt very doable. To make this block look 3D you have to have a combination of three fabrics that are light, medium and dark or it won't be effective. Sometimes that is the hardest part...coming up with a good combination of three fabrics. Later in the day I taught a second quilt class, the Tumbling Block quilt. I have taught this one before, but it never ceases to fascinate me. You make this block using strip piecing methods as well, so there is lots of cutting, sewing strips and recutting. It's worth all the work when you have a finished quilt to admire! They are going to see how many sets of cubes they can get sewn and cut before next Saturday, and spend some time playing with them to get some ideas on how they would like to arrange them. You need to choose sets of 3 fabrics for this quilt as well, in shades of light, medium and dark. I am so excited to see what both groups of ladies have ready by next week!
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