![]() Other times I can crank out a design in minutes just by seeing two things line up the perfect way. Sometimes a design like this will take me months of pondering a problem or fiddling with some small aspect of the design. Yes, design is challenging, but it’s a FUN challenge! Look at it like a puzzle and you’re trying to get all the pieces to fit together. The one over ridding lesson I hope you can take from all this is that design is fun! I drew on graph paper and tracing paper, planned my design, pieced up a handful of blocks to test the idea, and ultimately created a totally unique, extremely pretty background. We will get into more of the nitty gritty of expanding the original design in a later video, but trust me, it’s far easier to expand to fit than try to squish stuff down! It was easier to simply let the log cabins piece out at the closest multiple of 6, in this case 36 x 48, and expand the original goddess design to fit this new background. I knew I didn’t want to try to piece a log cabin in half or fiddle around with complicated logistics in order to piece the exact same size as the original. Now, the one thing that I did change was the overall size of the quilt. Using these two drawings together, I was able to calculate easily how many pieced blocks I would need based on how the goddess was lining up on the background design. Using tracing paper, I also created this transparent version of the goddess drawing and layered it on top to get an idea of how the quilt was going to look on this new background. ![]() Now it’s time to lay this baby out! It will seriously help to lay all blocks out on a table or design wall so you get the correct placement of the log cabin blocks to create this diamond effect. Note: these are all listed in “unfinished” sizes before the blocks are pieced together into the background. – 4, 3.5″ mini log cabins in “solid” fabric This can be any color you like because this fabric will be entirely covered up later. Rather than piece all the blocks directly under the goddess and her hair, we’re going to just cut 14 – 6.5 inch blocks of plain fabric. Once you get that whole thing pieced together, you should have a block that measures 12.5 inches! This will result in 4 “solid” reading, lighter blue blocks for the corners. Next, you will need to piece 4 blocks the same way, except now you will use only the lighter blue fabrics. So in the end you will have a block that measures 3.5 inches and has more lighter blue than darker blue. Rotate and piece 3.5″ x 1.5″ rectangle to one side (lighter blue color), press open. Rotate and piece 2.5″ x 1.5″ rectangle to one side (lighter blue color), press open.Ĥ. Piece 2.5″ x 1.5″ rectangle to one side (darker blue color), press open.ģ. Piece two 1.5″ squares together, press seam allowances open.Ģ. ![]() You will need to piece 8 blocks the following way:ġ. ![]()
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