Fibermania

Piecing Tutorial....Me?

I see Jane's comment. I do Jane's bidding.
But really, most of the time I don't know what I am doing when I am making these quilts. I may have an idea, like a block I want to try, and just begin there. I am showing closeup details of my recent quilts (see Recent Quilts Page above for full shots) so you can see that parts are parts.
To make this stripey block, cut a square and then some surrounding strips and cut and sew until that small square is surrounded by another color. To make the stripey border, take a big rectangle of fabric and cut it into strips and insert contrasting strips. Sew and cut  across to make striped strips. There will be leftovers. There will be blocks that look icky.

To make slanting strips like these, put two pieces of fabric together, one on top of the other, cut through both, separate and sew, or just make a pile and sew them together with others in the pile. Change direction every now and then.

To do the prairie points..cut a square, fold in half diagonally to make a triangle , and then bring each edge together again for a smaller triangle. When I made this quilt, the prairie points were an afterthought, so I opened up some seams and inserted the points into the space and resewed.

Some of these diamonds are composed of half square-ish triangles and others are just big pieces with triangles sewn on in a flip and sew fashion. To fit them together is the trick. It helps to sew matching fabrics to each un-fitting-together section. Then overlap the consistent fabric, cut through both, remove extra stuff and sew together. The quilting disguises the seams.

The tutorial for the Disappearing Nine Patch is here. It is a really nice tutorial, with steps and everything. Not like my  version.