SAHRR ROW 3 AND HEXAGONS

The row 2 prompt for the SAHRR is triangles. I thought of lots of patterns including a fox head made of triangles, Then, I was reminded of my favorite block, the cat’s cradle. It is a block that has triangles but is made of two squares, two small rectangles and one larger rectangle. It looks difficult but is very easy to make with the Creative Grid Cat’s Cradle ruler. The ruler lets you make this block in six different sizes.

The last time that I used the ruler, I made enough blocks for a quilt with enough left over for another quilt which is not made yet.

All the cutting instructions for each size are on the ruler.

I had three small pieces in the sample fabric. I was able to get twelve small squares from these pieces. Hand dyed fabric would be used with the rest. I also had a light piece of fabric that had been stamped in a class at the Vermont Quilt Festival. That would be cut into rectangles. More hand dyed would finish the larger rectangles. I needed twenty-eight cat’s cradle blocks with four corner blocks. The squares and rectangles were cut very fast.

With a little bit of sewing and trimming, the blocks were finished.

The blocks are three inches square.

There were several ways to turn the blocks. The triangles looked best this way.

I’m beginning to like orange and purple.

In the evenings, I sew hexagons. All the pieces are in the basket. The pieces are all cut and in baggies according to which section they belong. I can work on different sections and then put them together.