Cartwheel doll quilt
I wanted to try a “rough draft” before I jumped right in to this quilt project. I hoped it would work for a gift — a friend of mine from grad school is pregnant with a girl and I wanted to create something that was both whimsical and traditional, girly but interesting, and baby-like, not granny-like.
First, the problem of colors. Since I primarily see quilts as cloth color studies, and because I didn’t want to resort to pastel pinks, blues, and greens, I was pleased to hit on this combination of rich pinks, reds, and oranges.
I was even more pleased to find that by taking my time, I could make these simple blocks “lock together” and even managed to develop that cute “four patch” seam that Eleanor Burns is always crooning about on the backsides of her blocks. See it in the middle of the block, there? Of course, I had to manually trim all the blocks, because I tend to eyeball things and not work with templates.
My original intention was to lay the blocks out straight…
But putting them “on point” definitely added a different kind of liveliness to them…
I’m really glad I am doing a rough draft.
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Hello again
I’ve been thinking about this quilt a lot. I just love it!
Could I ask you how you made your blocks? I can see how they were constructed, but how did you choose your angle for the cartwheel so that it’s the same everytime? I’ve been working with squares for so long that I’d love to give this a try but am scared and don’t know where or how to start with the cutting.
Thanks
Rachael
PS I had many comments about how neat my binding was after using your ladder stitch -thanks again -I’ll be using it forever now
Comment by Rachael — 23 May 2009 @ 8:02 pm