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As this will almost make a hexagon when the pieces are sewn together, perhaps cut off those parts of the outer black triangles that are beyond the outer line of a hexagon. The you could go round this hexagon with a few rows of those fabrics - gold, blue, black, perhaps the three. Then you could put four setting triangles on four of the sides, to make it into a square. Then around the outside of that you could put 'cubes' made from three diamonds (Tumbling Blocks pattern); or blocks made by repeating the innermost star pattern, made into squares by extra pieces added.

Once you have it converted into a hexagon or a square, you have many more options.

In message , Terri writes

The game of what would you do? is big fun. I really enjoyed playing and the whole thread should be required reading for everybody that can possibly scrape up the time to consider every answer. Now. As you to your question. I love your block. I do dearly love it. Tell us about it. Where does it come from and how difficult was it to do? I don't have a clue what you need to do next but I surely do enjoy looking at your block. Polly

No idea! - but love the look of it. Hope you keep us posted on progress.

That is gorgeous! Maybe you could add more background to "square it up" == then add a pieced border -- maybe like a zigzag kind of thing using your blue/yellow (if you have enough fabric). Then maybe a few more inches of black... and then your binding....

I'll email you privately a pic if the border I'm thinking about... tell me what you think!

Kate in MI

That's pretty much the same thing I was thinking Kate, but I didn't know how to describe it. A medallion quilt with this block as the center and multiple pieced borders would look great. KJ

"Kate G." wrote in news:asidnUBSF-hW2HvZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Ooooh I'd love it. But you won't get to me with this email address. I've emailed you for you to reply to, with my real email address. Thank you SO much!

Patti wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@quik.clara.co.uk:

I think I"m following you here. I'm going to mull it over a bit more tonight, maybe sketch that in and see if I've got enough material. If not, oh darn, I'll have to go the the LQS!

Me too, I have to put a great deal of thought to this kind of thing. I usually will lay the pieces on the floor and pretend I am working a big jigsaw puzzle adding scraps here and there until it develops into something. the block is beautiful to be sure. I love her colors too. julia

"Polly Esther" wrote in news:qyqFg.9448$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Thank you! Well, it's not entirely mine, but you know what I mean. Heh.

It's called a Carpenter's Wheel with just three pieces-the 60 degree diamond and two squares cut on the diagonal, of 3" & 4" each. There are no Y seams and each pie piece is an opposite color mirror of the adjacent one. I'm probably not explaining it very well as I'm not good at that. The lack of Y seams is what encouraged me to try give it a try. I think though, that I may be in for a wild ride from this point on! I toyed for a bit on a kaleidoscope look but I don't think I'm up to that just yet. I have to admit though, I'm becoming more and more excited about this each time I look at it and consider the possibilities!

Ahhhhhh the sacrifices we make for our art!!

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: . . . . . . . see if I've got enough material. : If not, oh darn, I'll have to go the the LQS! : -- : Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved : body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy : shit...what a ride!"

No help from me but I sure like what you have so far. Looking forward to the finished lap quilt.

Terri -- I posted the pic in a webshots album --- called FOR TERRI -- check it out and tell me what you think of this border idea?

Kate

"Kate G." wrote in news:IN2dnduQy59U63vZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Oh that is so gorgeous! Let me play with the pieces a bit more before I go to bed. That has distinct possibilities. I think the purple should be the recessed color. Thank you so much for taking the time to put that up there for me.

Maybe you could add more background to "square it

I was actually thinking of using the Carpenter's Wheel as a center medallion block, but then using the center part of the Carpenter's Wheel as smaller blocks "around it". You'd have to add in more of the solid background to fill things out, but then a nice simple border of thin stripes of the materials might be a nice touch - or use one as a border and another for the binding...(I personally like dark bindings - shows wear less obviously.)

Whatever you do will look gorgeous! It's an awesome start!!

Sue > "Kate G." wrote in

Kate, that was exactly what I was thinking of but didn't know where I could find a picture, so I kept my mouth shut because I knew I could never describe it. I love that border, and agree it'd be perfect for Terri's quilt.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:26:09 -0500, Kate G. wrote (in article ):

I don't know about Terri, but I love the border. How hard was it to do?

Maureen

Sew it together as it is in the picture, surround it with more of the black to make it a square, and just let it speak for itself. I think it will look sophisticatedly graphic and not silly at all.

If you have enough fabric you might consider using that gold as a narrow border with another strip of black on the outer edge. Or you could do two narrow strips of gold with a wider strip of purple in the center as a border, making sure it has a little black on each side of the border will make it really pop. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I found the picture online -- and saved it because I loved the border. Haven't had the opportunity to try it yet. But looks like it could be done by basically doing flying geese blocks. You'd have to track color placement carefully -- but at least the sewing wouldn't be too bad!

Kate in MI

Here it is tonight:

I'm ready to extend the top and bottom and I'm going to attempt the border in the same colors using the pattern that Kate so kindly found. I forgot to look to see the @ size of the border but it looks like what, a ratio of 3:1 or so in the two sizes? I'll probably deviate a bit and come in between the corners of the medallin and the stars as it's gotten a bit wider than I'd planned on already. If I can, that is. Thank you all again for your suggestions and it's been very fun trying to implement them into the design. We'll see how long it takes me to figure out that border, probably a lot longer than this part!

and no, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, I did indeed put a couple of the diamonds next to the same color instead of alternating as I should have. I'm calling that part of the design though!