My quilt is based on the quilt Mapleleaf Rag in Material Obsession 2 by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke and the Spiderweb Quilt on the Nifty Quilts blog. I have made some changes in construction methods that I think simplify (and definitely speed up) the process. Here is a picture of the gorgeous Nifty Quilts version:
The final size of my quilt is 92.5" x 92.5". 100 blocks arranged 10 x 10.
To make the templates:
- Draw a square the finished size you want your blocks (mine measured 9.25 x 9.25"). You can make them whatever size you want, just remember to allow for these changes when cutting fabric strips later.
- Draw a diagonal line from the lower left corner of the block to the upper right:
- Fold the paper in half vertically and crease. Reopen.
- Next measure the distance from the lower left corner, up the diagonal line, to the place where it crosses the crease.
- Use this measurement and, on the left side of the block measure up from the bottom left corner. Make a dot.
- Draw a line connecting this dot to the intersection of the diagonal line and the crease.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 on the upper side of the block, making a kite shape as below:
- You now have your "finished templates". But you need cutting size templates, so make yourself a copy of the block page you just finished and using both it and the original, add a quarter inch seam allowance around the kite shape on one sheet and around the triangle on the other.
- (Tip: Now, to make your life easier, on the kite template, at the bottom cut off the point one quarter inch below the seam line, being sure to cut straight across.)
- Next, I had my wonderful husband make me an acrylic template for the kite shape and I used the Quilt Sense Kaleidescope ruler for the triangles. The template my husband made for the kites worked great, but I kept aligning the Kaleidescope ruler wrong...I think if you mark your alignment line carefully on the ruler with tape, you can avoid that.
- Last thing! Poke a hole in your templates at the bottom point of the seam allowance on the kite shape and in the lower left corner of the triangle shapes (For matching seams). I couldn't poke holes through mine, so I made another set in thinner template plastic to use later marking the dots to match seams.
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