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Monday, March 13, 2017

Rings in a Square

Here's an absolutely fabulous quilt from the 1960s (?)
I saw it somewhere on the internet.

Rings in a square.

The closest I could come to a published pattern is
the bulls-eye variation from the Kansas City Star in 1943
but it has more seams. 


Or you could view it as four fans

BlockBase will give you templates for piecing these curved pieces.
If the design seems to ambitious there are simpler variations.

#1482
Fair Play
Quarter Turn
The Pig Pen
Wedding Ring


Fair Play and Mill Wheel


A variation of  #1482 Fair Play---sort of a curve.


Mill Wheel #1487 is good too
especially if you add some stripes.



An unfortunate collision between block pattern (#1487) and border.
I am thinking (just thinking) of doing a ring in a square.
No piecing in the border though.

Or more than one ring in a square.
Here's a pattern for a 6" variation, which would make a 12" block.
I imported Caroline's Fan from BlockBase to EQ7.
I erased A Lot of lines.
It looks do-able.

Print it out so the quarter block is 6".
Add seams to the pattern rings and other pattern parts.

Or applique every other ring to a large Drunkard's Path curve....
which is what I am thinking of doing.

Do a web search for
Bullseye Quilt
and see a lot of variations, mostly free cut.

3 comments:

  1. For me machine piecing all those rings and keeping them exactly even so they will match the two blocks they're joined to would be a tremendous challenge. Hand piecing or your applique idea seem preferrable, but still matching the two sides to the next segment would be a challenge. In your example, at top, the fabrics are chaotic but the sewing is good. The best sewing technique here is something to think about or maybe experiment with.

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  2. I've done MANY of these in the unmatched 'bullseye' style -- fun! My most recent one was last summer http://spiralj2.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-finish-i-pulled-out-set-of-ufo-blocks.html

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  3. I have been daydreaming about these kinds of circles for some time now...

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