On the same weekend I finished the Fairy quilt, I also finished DeLight.
DeLight. 96″ square. Finished June 2015. Photo by Jim Ruebush.
This quilt began (as most medallions do) with the center block. The design is a variation of an old block called “Odd Fellow’s” block, or alternately, “Odd Fellow’s Chain.” The variation you see above puts one more variable star as the center of the block you see below.
This is what the Odd Fellow’s block looks like if you group four of them:
and if you color it a little differently:
Notice the corners of the block, reaching clear toward the center of the block. Each corner is made like the block called “Old Maid’s Puzzle,” shown below.
When you group four of these, they become the same as an Odd Fellow’s block.
More about my quilt’s design process next time.
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Odd and Old eh?? Sounds too familiar! Such a neat block though – you could vary the design in so many ways with that block. Yes, EQ7 is a powerful tool and so glad you enjoy it so. Look forward to seeing new designs.
They are great blocks and I’m sure I’ll use both of them again. Thanks.
I do like the idea of odd fellows and old maids, all in one place–anything could happen!
Such fun names, aren’t they? Thanks for taking a look.
I guess that shows me what EQ’s good for… Fun to be able to change colours so easily just to see what the quilt says it wants…
That is one of the best features — just to be able to try things out. They ALWAYS look different in cloth, so you just get a better view of the possibility, not reality. There are two things I try to be careful of: 1) I want to be responsive to the project, not to the software, and 2) I don’t want to spend so much time in design that I’m not actually making.