I've been playing with kite blocks for a couple days. Kite blocks were the choice for the final border on this year's Stay At Home Round Robin project over at The Darling Dogwood.
I have to admit that I have never made a kite block, nor do I have the Accuquilt to cut the shapes with, but I really wanted to try making some! So, I clicked around on Mr. Google and found this tutorial that was very helpful. Catch That Kite Quilt Block at Scrapdash. Her blocks are made at 6.5 inches, and I wanted mine at 3.5 inches, but adjusting the sizes of the pieces I needed turned out to be easy. A 4 inch square and two 2.5 x 5 inch rectangles worked out perfectly to make these blocks!
I decided that these would go in one corner of each side of my project with last week's log cabin blocks as the cornerstones. Like this:
Also on the linked tutorial above is an idea for giving the kite a "tail," which I got to thinking might be fun on my quilt. Since I needed a way to fill in the rest of each side between the log cabin/kite section, I decided to experiment with some four patches which create a checkerboard border that forms the tail of the kite!
Giving it a try:
And sewn together:
So, about 15 more four patches to be made, and my 2025 SAHRR will be on its way to a finish!
Sharing at The Darling Dogwood for the Round 6 link-up, and at
The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.
3 comments:
Golly Gee! I was watching that very same video today. I didn’t get the change to try the 3’” size, but I’m glad you did. And I’m glad you did the math for me! LOL. I haven’t decided on fabrics yet. But expect a sort of “copy” of your idea. 😀
The end is in sight! I've admired your embroidery all along. This six-week design challenge has been fun (I tell myself firmly). I'm not sure why the simple kite shape was so hard for me . . .
Thanks for the link. I drafted one to finish 5" and planned to cut it apart to add seam allowances. Going to use them as cornerstones with my log cabin blocks, too.
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