Today is December 1 and my block is Tessellating Star. This is one of my favorite patterns and I've made it into quilts several times. Here is the calendar block (with "tessellating" misspelled, but not by me!) Kathy M. (one of my faithful Calendar Girls) made her block using the Find Your Way fabrics from Benartex: Tessellating Star by Kathy M - 12" Here's the block as it appeared in my first perpetual calendar, stitched by Patricia Bryant: 12" Tessellating Star by Patricia Bryant Now let's see a few of the quilts I've made over the past 25 years! The first one was a challenge because I wanted each star to be a different fabric/print:. (Yes, the only photo was in my magazine). I remember distinctly placing each of the quarter blocks up on my design wall in my home when I lived in Silver Spring, Maryland! Multi-colored Tessellating Stars But, what really does "tessellating" mean? We think of the artist M. C. Escher and all his wonderful INT...

Today's block is called Ozark Maple Leaf. It's also my Reston quilt guild friend Kathy E.'s birthday - Happy Birthday, Kathy! I have made this many times before. In fact, it has another name: Spanish Tessellations. Tessellations? "What's that?" you may ask. That's when parts of one section interlock with another. Let me show you. This green and gold quilt was made 25 years ago and uses 4" blocks in sections that measure 8" x 8". Ozark Maple Leaf quilt: 22" x 22" I made it again using gold and black with a Christmas print border: My friend Kathy M. - one of my Calendar Girls - made the block and made an "oops" in one side. Can you find it? Ozark Maple Leaf: 12" block Here is her revised block. It was easy enough to fix because the error was on the outside. (Hint: just check out the colored corners.) Ozark Maple Leaf: 12" And one more of my OLD quilts using lots of blocks. You can see the tessellating leaves here:...