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Monday, June 27, 2011

Marie's Optical Illusion Rule 8

This block is quite different from my others.  The 3-d doesn't show up as much as I had hoped--I think because I didn't have enough contrast between my two yellows.  The whole block turned out much different than I thought it would.  I didn't like it when I was finishing it, but when I stood back and looked at it I liked it a lot better.  I found the pattern at piecebynumber.com and it is called "arabesque".  

When I put 4 blocks together and made the center, it was really cool, but since it couldn't be a square block I had to add more to the top and bottom of the block.  (The picture ended up sideways when I posted it.)  It didn't work to put another set of four blocks because it made the block a little too tall and there was no focal point to the block so I had to get creative to finish it to the size it needs to be.  It's a little strange, but it surely would be a beautiful quilt if it was in multiples of 4 blocks.  Maybe I'll try it some time.

I love paper piecing because it is so accurate and neat.  I thought it was a fun rule. 

I was surprised to see how much larger my quilt is when I put it all together.  We're really making progress, and I'm having great fun with this!


5 comments:

Ann T. said...

WOW!!! You have made another masterpiece. It looks so complicated and the 3-D effect is there. I think the whole thing turned out just beautiful. All together, it is really striking!

Betty C said...

very pretty. all of it!!

dorine said...

I really like it! The whole quilt is breathtaking!

dq said...

Wow, your new piece is a real focal point. Good job getting it done in spite of all the busy busy things going on right now.

Baby T Grows said...

WHOA! This is really different, and really really cool! I like how you fixed the dimensions, it ended up working well for you!