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I wanted to see how it would look if I used the layout from two days ago, but instead of just two fabrics I used charms.  I don’t have photos of my charms, so I just used the color fill tool in Paint to get an idea of how it would look.  I would use my lighter charms in the center and the darkest ones on the outside.

This one ended up pretty, but a little too traditional-looking for me.

One more ring of pentagons on my son’s quilt completed…

I’m still on a blue & chartreuse streak. 

This one is composed of two of the blocks from yesterday’s “quilt,” alternated with each other (no sashing this time).  Then I added a sawtooth border using the same fabrics.

More blues.  This is just a sampler of blocks, each made out of 16 pieces.  The individual pieces are all either squares or half-square triangles. 

I’ve actually got 25 of these blocks designed (well, some are designed - many are classics, like Anna’s Choice and the Old Maid’s Puzzle) but I’m only using 16 of them here.  I eventually want to make a Dear-Jane-like quilt out of these blocks (complete with border triangles).  I was thinking that blues on chartreuse would look good, but actually the patterns don’t always show up as well as I was hoping.  I’ll have to try this again with some different fabrics.

I call it “The Blues”:

If you look at my next “thing” post, you’ll understand why this block is under clear vinyl. Of course the colors look totally off in this photo! Ugh!!

Another layout with those Civil War fabrics…

I decided to try that same log cabin layout with some Civil War fabrics:

Here is a log cabin varation in red and blue paisleys:

Instead of making a virtual quilt today, I decided to do some work on a real one.  I completed the third “ring” of pentagons today.

This is a charm quilt of pentagons using all red fabrics.  I started with my lightest fabrics in the center, and am using progressively darker ones in rings around the center four.

embroidered piggy on patchwork block.

Much better:

I like this layout, but it’s kind of lame in these fabrics.  I will have to try this one again with different ones.  However, today is a nightmare & I have no time.

Another one I’m really happy with.  It has a 3-D thing going on, which I wasn’t expecting.  I also like that you can get a cool interlocking-rings look using three different diamond-in-a-square/rectangle blocks.

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Another quick layout with some of those Civil War prints, plus an indigo background:

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I’m calling this Civil War Triangles.  I really like it, and I would totally make this for real, except that I have *no* idea how to piece this.

More Morris Garden goodness:

This is the classic “Mary’s Pinwheel” block.