I’m sorry if my random back-and-forth between blocks in this
quilt is confusing. Who am I kidding, no I’m not!
Block sixteen in the Desperate Housewife’s Quilt hosted by
Jane over at Want it, Need it, Quilt! (http://quiltjane.blogspot.com)
is like a spider web, and for this particular web I needed a forty-five-degree
kaleidoscope ruler, which I don’t have. Instead I made a template using
cardstock, made my first cut, and then used my square ruler on the
forty-five-degree mark to cut out the triangles. The cutting was a breeze, even
without the proper equipment. Sewing the block went together pretty quickly
too. I decided to embellish the block a bit with some wavy lines using the
Aurifil thread I won in a giveaway and have to say, I really like this thread
and already have plans to use it for quilting in upcoming projects.
After making this block and realizing just how easy it is to
do, I can’t wait to make blocks using the Dresden
plate and sixty-degree rulers I got for my birthday. I was nearly tempted to
make the block using my sixty-degree ruler instead, but fought the urge. I
wonder what it would have looked like had I not?
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