This Quilter's Challenge

Pulling out workshop boxes of classes I'm retiring. The challenge will be to put together various units from several different quilts, of which I have NO MORE fabric. I love these challenges the most! These all use the same ruler. It's a simple Dresden Plate wedge with a 12.5" height and extra lines for those angles at the top.

Blue Plate Special is a simple Dresden Plate block. 20 wedges with an 18 degree angle. Those little orange points are prairie points! This was donated to my local guild's charity endeavors. (Hard copy pattern of this quilt is included with Buzz Saw and ruler.)

Blue Plate Special: 43" x 43"; 30" center

Buzz Saw appeared in Modern Patchwork Magazine (2014):

Buzz Saw: 30" x 30"

Orange Crush using the 60 degree lines on the dresden ruler. More on this version next week!

Orange Crush: 41" x 41"

and even Ten Points of Light, which my favorite youngest daughter begged me for. Uses the same 60 degree cutting angle as Orange Crush.

Ten Points of Light

Some of the parts - first the ruler. 18 degree wedge (for a 20 wedge circle). Extra lines are for getting the diagonals. The paper pattern was what was used in the Modern Patchwork magazine instructions. The ruler has BOTH the 30 and 60 degree lines going left to right and right to left - so many possibilities!

Vortex ruler with 12.5" height

Fabric wedges cut and then trimmed for the addition of the white background fabric.

Fabric (oversized) is added and then the ruler is used to trim.

Using ruler again, this time to trim excess

Buzz Saw and ruler are only $20 in my Etsy shop! Next week, I'll show some steps with the ruler and 60 degree lines. At least check out the photos!