I had a bag full of 2 1/2-inch fabric strips in blue and white after a swap last year at quilt guild. I wanted to whip up a quick gift recently and thought I'd play around with some different ways to use the strips.
Years ago I made one of those neat kaliedoscope quilts with the wedges cut out of strip sets and sewn together into octagonal blocks. I had used a special ruler to cut the 45-degree wedges but of course couldn't find the ruler when I wanted to use it again. It was easy enough to just use the 60-degree angle markings on my regular ruler instead, though. Turns out that six equilateral triangles fit together perfectly into a full hexagon, so I guess my high school geometry teacher, Mr. Hutton, really did know what he was talking about!
The gaps between the four 16-inch-wide hexagons filled in perfectly with more strip sets. I sliced one dark-blue strip straight down the middle to make a narrow inner border, then used more strips for the mitered border. It made for a cute, different, and very easy little quilt design and if you're looking for something unusual to do with those 2 1/2 inch strips, I highly recommend it.
Years ago I made one of those neat kaliedoscope quilts with the wedges cut out of strip sets and sewn together into octagonal blocks. I had used a special ruler to cut the 45-degree wedges but of course couldn't find the ruler when I wanted to use it again. It was easy enough to just use the 60-degree angle markings on my regular ruler instead, though. Turns out that six equilateral triangles fit together perfectly into a full hexagon, so I guess my high school geometry teacher, Mr. Hutton, really did know what he was talking about!
The gaps between the four 16-inch-wide hexagons filled in perfectly with more strip sets. I sliced one dark-blue strip straight down the middle to make a narrow inner border, then used more strips for the mitered border. It made for a cute, different, and very easy little quilt design and if you're looking for something unusual to do with those 2 1/2 inch strips, I highly recommend it.
7 comments:
Pythagoras would be proud of you, Anne, along with Mr. Hutton! You just can't beat a good triangle for interesting geometry!! Your sister (and a student of Mr. Hutton as well!)
Karen
What a hoot, Anne...Why, Class, pay attention!!!
Beautiful quilt!
Love your quick little profile about gazing at exec's ties. That's so funny!
Happy to have found your blog too.
that's very clever! i relaly like the effect it achieves- blue and white are so fresh!
Wow, that's different. Very cute. I would have come up with the same old Irish Chain/Postage stamp quilt to use up those strips, which would have meant lots of cutting and sewing. Why easy, when I can make it complicated, I guess.
It's a lovely Quilt!
Great quilt! I'm glad you're back to blogging!
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