I am Miss March in my Sew Bee Blissful bee. For several (six!?!?) months I have known that I will ask my bee - mates for a Square in a Square "sampler" quilt. I am open to both traditional square in a square blocks as well as log cabin - type blocks....be them straight and aligned or wonky. Either makes me happy. It is going to be made in all solids.
You see, I like the idea of each person putting their personality into the bee blocks instead of being my "stitchers" and making exactly what I tell them to. I will send them fabric and links to tutorials (this is where I am stuck) and let them create the block(s) that best reflect their "likes". To get them started, I made this inspirational mosaic:
1. Lots of polka dots QAYG baby quilt, 2. log on, 3. improv, 4. Leftovers=table-runner!, 5. Finished Little Apples quilt, 6. So much you can do with solids!, 7. wonkysolidlogcabins2.jpg, 8. IMG_0449, 9. Stage 3 - finished, 10. Pint Size - 6.5" x 10.5", 11. New fish baby log cabin, 12. Martinas Puzzle Box Quilt Along, 13. Too {Jazz Hands} for Jerry, finished, 14. TATB Bee Block January, 15. DSC_0051, 16. boy quilt
Now here's where I am hoping you can help. Do any of you know a good tutorial for a square in a square or for a log cabin? I found the few I listed below, but I would love to have a greater variety. Any suggestions guys? I'd be entirely grateful!
Tilted Squares
Scrappy Squares
Square in a Square
Square in a Square
Six Types of Square in a Square
18 comments:
Sounds great! this will be an other lovely quilt.
are you looking for something like that?
http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2008/08/baby-quilt-week-day-3.html
Enjoy Miss March
Sorry! I am no help with these, but I will be interested in seeing what they make for you! Do they have a restricted colour palette or do you send them the fabrics? I have never been in a bee so I am curious to how they exactly work!
Lovely mosaic C! I have a log cabin tute on my blog tutes page, but you may also find some great tutes in the Modify Tradition blog. Jxo
I really think just putting the mosaic there should be enough for them to go on - have you seen the Brit Bee February 'block'!!?? Now that needs serious instructions!
there's a wonky square in a square tutorial over at that girl that quilt - it was a quilt along but all the info is there - hope it helps :)
http://www.thatgirlthatquilt.com/p/that-quilt-along.html
My first quilt was the "Modern Sampler Quilt" from Elizabeth Hartmann at Oh Fransson! She also has a quilt called paintbox.both of these quilts involve square on square blocks and I'm sure she did tutorials. I'd check but I am really fighting with my internet connection at the moment (we bought a new moden yesterday and it's. so. s-l-o-w!
Hi C - have you seen the card trick or antique tile blocks? There are tuts here for them: http://modifytradition.blogspot.com/2009/11/antique-tile.html
They may not be what you're looking for - but they're a wee bit different.... so that may appeal to you!!!!
Love the square in a square block! I used Faith`s pattern over at Fresh Lemons. http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/?p=561
Looks like you have some great ideas already.
Oooh, love all the ideas so far. I'll have a check when I get home if you remind me, I'm sure I have some pinned
I was just going to suggest Judes tute (rags to bags)! It'll be a wonderful top, I'm loving it already
Leila did a 'beginners tutorial' on Log cabin here,
http://sewnbyleila.blogspot.com/2011/06/we-can-do-it-sampler-block-1-log-cabin.html
It is a very basic one, but contains most of the necessary info.
QuiltDad did a whole series of tutorials in this vein:
Wonky Log Cabin
Wonky Bento Box
Wonky Squares in Squares
Wonky Quarter Log Cabin
I used the last one for a bee I was in and got great results from my fellow bee members.
One more that I used in a different bee (and have been told to use many times to get a block like the ones used in Denyse Schmidt's "Drunk Love" quilt):
Wonky Log Cabin Block
I don't have any new suggestions for tutorials, but I just had to say I love your idea! Will be great to see how this pans out...I'm Miss March in Brit Bee and I'm still playing with a few crazy plans :)
I'm like Ceri - I have no new tutorials but love your idea!
I think the mosaic is a great example of exactly what you're looking for. Wish I had a tutorial to offer, but thanks for sharing what you found, because I've got tilted squares on my to-do list and now I don't have to look for a tutorial! :)
Love your mosaic! I've been having the same conversation about bees...I love that the quilts reflect everyone's creativity! I think the squares idea is fantastic!
Don't have a tutorial, but wanted to comment on your cute new blog banner. Love it.
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