Thursday, April 11, 2019

Octagons marching along

     After the retreat and the first of the octagon OBW blocks made, I was able to sew all of them together and also the connecting squares cut into triangles. The book was marginally helpful. Some of the steps were left out and I did not agree with her sewing advice. 
    So, I started with this fabric cut into eight repeats (repeat was 12").
      Then, all the pieces were cut and sewn into octagons. I arranged on the design wall.
     Twenty six photos and tries later, I had this.
     Then, I had piles of 8 squares. They went into two piles of 4. They were cut opposite each other. These pile of 4 triangles were arranged into a square, and I used painters tape on the back to hold them together to prevent a matching nightmare. These taped squares were auditioned in the spaces left between octagons. I got real excited at this point.



Groups of triangle squares for filling in. Pretty cool, huh?

7 comments:

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I had no idea that was how the corner triangles were cut so even the 4 corners will make a little design.

Beth@IHaveANotion.com said...

Sometimes books are such a disappointment! I'm not sure I have ever seen this layout. I think I like it!

Debbie said...

The square technique makes a great fill in! This is going to be really good! I hate instructions that have those kind of gaps in them.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

The painters tape is a great idea.

Quiltdivajulie said...

This is going to be stunning -- love the painters tape suggestion/method.

Joyce Carter said...

Absolutely gorgeous Linda. It is so amazing that something looking this complicated can be so simple. You have done an excellent job putting everything together.This quilt will be a work of art when you finish.

A Left-Handed Quilter said...

Yeah - pretty cool!! - ;))