This week starts the new quilting class and I am enjoying it as much as the last one. That's a good thing since I will have a lot of homework for the class and will need to pay close attention to the instructions before I leave each week.
This first week, I prepped, cut and sewed the 4 patch kaleidoscope squares together and then homework was to get the borders on each of the 36 squares sewn on. Two full days later I have 36 squares with borders. Frankly some are kind of crappy looking, but I need a seam ripper to take them apart and redo. It's okay though, just like frogging the left side of a sweater full of cables and double knitting, it's necessary to look right.
Take a look at the surprisingly easy process to get an innumerable number of squares from one fabric. Actually you could easily count the number of squares it's 42 so far and probably another 36 if I cut the rest of the fabric totalling 78 DIFFERENT 6 1/2 squares.
When I say it's easy, it really is for such a cool effect. Cut your fabric so that you have 4 layers of the pattern and then lay them one on the other in a single layer. Fabric is folded in half, so open it for one layer. Then line up the pattern and pin around the edges, smoothing and matching the pattern as you go. Then cut 3 1/2 inch strips keeping the 4 layers together, and cut the strips into 3 1/2 squares, keeping the layers together. Separate each stack with a paper plate. Once you're done, you can now turn the 4 squares in one direction to create the effect.
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| not all of the squares, but you get a good idea of how this works |
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| all them squares separated by plates, neatly organized by dominant color |
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| first set of borders |
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| second set of borders, ready for sashing and posts |
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