Quilt Block Question (Pine Bark)

I have no idea, but I'm dying to see a photo of your wallhanging. Any chance you could post it somewhere?

Sunny

be it.

My goal in this entire project was to use Daddy's silks in momentos for me and my two sons. I made a pillow for DS#2, picture of which in somewhere there in Webshots. This wallhanging is for DS#1. I like it so much, I may do one for myself. I've accumlated enough fabric to cover the county!

joan p.s. That old silk gives of a real funky smell when pressed with steam!

You are thinking Japanese puzzle Joan. Mine is about a third of the way down here:

I did it from that QNM article. It was a lot of work. One of those need to have a design wall quilts. I didn't have one at the time and wow was it a chore. I put it aside several times. I had fabric cut offs that were not wide so my cutting was really a chore. I ended up marking out the basic cuts on the back of an old green cutting mat and lined things up to cut on that as sort of a template/guide. I really felt successful when I finished that one up! Mine was sort of organized but I'd like to do a random scrappy one. Taria

joan8904 > Just finished a nifty wall hanging, using Tracy Brookheiser's Japanese

The new version I used is simpler, but you are so right about the design wall.

But I've been thinking. I did a whirligig quilt from the SQUARE DANCE book. In that, you sew together the big squares and the use a template to cut them into the odd shapes. I really think that's possible for this quilt AND would help to eliminate the 'getting it mixed up' problem somewhat. After this current project, I think I'll give that a try, maybe for a baby quilt.

BTW, for those of you who have followed my employment saga, I am again working at the Country Sampler in Papillion NE. They were desperately needing help. I'm working Thursday 10-4, several weekend days and teaching. It's good to be back, but I feel somewhat ambivalent either way. So I'm just going to go with the flow here and enjoy what's happening at the moment.

Plan on teaching needlepunch, long stitch and the Serenity Quilt.

joan

No idea if Pine Bark is from the East or the West.

Japanese Puzzle is the pattern/variation I know and teach. When we cut we use post-it notes on the back of the ruler to set the angle of the cuts. The post-it notes provide an edge to line up against the fabric, and that keeps all the cuts at the correct angle. A light spray of starch on the fabrics before you start also helps.

I don't give any real number measurements or templates for cutting. It is all based on using a 6.5" ruler and keeping the angle of the ruler consistent.

It is a lot easier if you have every alternate "shape" as a common background fabric. But if all the "shapes" are different fabrics you will certainly go crazy without a design wall. I don't have a picture of the one I made, but it was bright coloured "lanterns" on a black background. I used to dream of doing one in all different fabrics - but fortunately sanity prevailed rofl.

The pictures listed above in other posts are all gorgeous!

i google'd all those names and cant find the block. i've seen it before but dont recall where or with what name. anyone got a link that shows block instructions. ta muchly, jeanne

Don't have a pic to hand - do you want our instruction sheets?

Not sure, lots of miscellany sloshing around in my aging brain, but I seem to recall reading an article years ago in which this pattern was described as genuinely Japanese. Of course, that doesn't mean it couldn't develop independently on both sides! Yours is lovely! Roberta in D

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I would love to see your instructions. This pattern includes a drawing for making a template, or you can purchase a rotary-cutting type of template separately. I used regular template material and cut around it VERY carefully. Should I make another one, I really like the idea of usinga 6.5" ruler.

tia, joan

about the bad scans. It's really late here and I'mtired. If they don't make sense please ask or email. Goodnight!

Got it! I almost think that the template that I used is easier for me. It is a 'oddball' sort of quilt block, isn't it? I love the idea of bright on black.

thank you, joan

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Howdy!

Lovely quilt, Joan. However, because I like you, I was not going to use the word "oddball." But since you started it...!

Appreciated the update on your working schedule; it took me a while to get out of the LQS employment thing. Missed it for a short while, but made more quilts afterwards.

Cheers! R/Sandy-- who rather likes "oddball" ...

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I just bought a pattern a couple of weeks ago called Japanese Jigsaw by Tracey Brookshier. Is that the same pattern you guys are talking about? She didn't have the templates when I bought the pattern & it's a bit out of the way for me to go back & get them.

Yes, that's the question that I started the topic with. (Pardon the preposition.) I made the wallhanging without the template. If I were going to do a full-sized quilt, I think I'd get it. Otherwise, my homemade template worked just fine.

joan

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Thanks Joan. I think I'll get the templates. I bought my fabric for my

4-Patch Stacked Posie. It's a large sunflower print. It should be a bright & cheery quilt. Thanks for all the pictures.

joan

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