Spools

I finished one of the quilts.   Only 10 more to go.  Unfortunately, I keep going back to the scraps and coming up with new quilts to make. 

Here is a picture of one I finished several years ago using the Spool pattern.  It doesn't show up too well in black and white.  I gave it an Amish feel by using black for the background and bright pastels for the cross pieces.

 



Looking at it in black and white I realized that I should have used more care in selecting the colors so that all of the colored sections would stand out.  The drawing below shows it better than the photo.

Below is the block pattern.  An 8" square is a good size, although you can make it any size you want.

The gray is the background color and the white is the color of the cross pieces.  If making an 8" block cut strips of background fabric 4" wide and add seam allowance.  Cut 4" wide plus seam allowance from colored fabrics.  Sew strips together.  Make a triangle template and place on seamed strips.  Mark and cut out the triangles.  Cut background triangles from the same template.  Sew four triangles together to form the block.  Be sure to plan out your colors first, because each cross design is made up of four blocks.