Tuesday 5 September 2017

What can you do with 8 blocks?

While I was having a cuppa at a break while visiting the Dublin branch of our guild we had a chat about WIP's and unfinished quilts.  One lady had 8 blocks made and suffering from repetitive block hell was struggling to make just one more and as you couldn't do much with just 8 blocks.  Well that got me thinking!  So I started playing with 5 blocks...

Then 10...

Then 5 again...

Then a bit mad with blocks!

This one I think I'd like to make as Gordon is a rower and this reminds me of rowboats!

Finally 8 blocks!  Anyone else have a layout for 8 blocks they'd like to share?

All of these blocks are from Amy Gibson's Quilt Block Cookbook.  While Jenny Doan's of Missouri Star Quilt Company was the first Craftsy Class I saw and inspired me to make a quilt, Amy Gibson's 2012 Free Block of the Month series taught me how to piece and the importance of a scant 1/4".  Not affiliated with them in anyway but have a further look if you like and want to find patterns for these quilt blocks!

10 comments:

  1. Great layouts! I really like how you show how you can use just a few blocks to make an awesome quilt top.

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    1. Thanks a million Cheryl. Hard to stop playing once you get going with it. One or two here I'd like to make if I can get the time!

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  2. You certainly had fun with those layouts, who knew you could do so much with so few blocks!

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    1. Yes Fiona lots of fun playing with layout. Need to get my free motion skills up a notch to not be intimidated by the empty space when using less blocks!

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  3. Great layout ideas! I especially like the one with the 8 blocks!

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  4. Lovely layouts, Ruth, I particularly love the asymmetric balance in the rowboat one! This reminds me of the blocks left over from my very first sampler quilt (I think I have nine, but not quite sure), they are almost the only UFO I have, certainly the only that has been around for that long, and I still have no idea what to do with them - will have to play with layouts, too.

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    1. I only put together my first sampler blocks this year! I did make a quilt out of the second set of sampler blocks but the first set stayed in a box from 2012!

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  5. These are a lot of fun. I have some leftover bee blocks from last year that I need to do something with. So I just might refer back. I can't remember how many there are...maybe five.

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    1. I have 5 left over bee blocks that I am thinking of making something with too. It's my turn as Queen in this years Bee next month so not sure if I want to add to the pile using the same blocks or try something completely different!

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