X Blocks Quilt Top

[madampolo]

I made a top using the X Blocks ruler. Basically you make a 9 patch and cut it wonky with the ruler. All the fabric except for the white was hand dyed by me. I am waiting on fabric for the borders.

My husband calls it the bow-tie quilt. Can you see why?

[wlrquilts]

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That is gorgeous. Great job.

[bubba]

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I have that and a book for it, but have yet to use either!!!

[madampolo]

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I have that and a book for it, but have yet to use either!!!

I was looking on line at the book, but can't tell what is inside it. If you get a chance, could you look at your book to see if you think it is worth buying? (They say, any dog you pay money for is a good dog. I guess you could say, any book you pay money for is a good book!)

[Preeti]

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I have been meaning to buy the X-blocks ruler. How big is your ruler and what is the size of the final block?
What did you do with the leftover slivers? Thank you.

I made a top using the X Blocks ruler. Basically you make a 9 patch and cut it wonky with the ruler. All the fabric except for the white was hand dyed by me. I am waiting on fabric for the borders.

My husband calls it the bow-tie quilt. Can you see why?

[K. McEuen]

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That's pretty! All the colors going different directions reminds me of looking in to a box of broken crayons.

[Spiff]

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That is so cool! I love that.

[Kgrammiecaz]

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Really pretty. Colors are coordinated to their locations as well. Is this from a pattern with the ruler? Or could this be done with a colorful jellyroll maybe?

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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Joyce, you are an amazing innovator! This is fantastic!

[coppy777]

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Love it!! Looks beautiful!

[BobW]

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That is an amazing quilt. I hope I can do one like it someday.

PS: Maybe Jenny can do a tutorial on this pattern someday soon. PLEASE!

[scrapngmom]

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What a fun quilt.

[MomGram]

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What cool quilt. I love all the color movement.

[madampolo]

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I have been meaning to buy the X-blocks ruler. How big is your ruler and what is the size of the final block?
What did you do with the leftover slivers? Thank you.

I bought the 7 1/2 inch ruler. It makes a 7 1/2 inch block. If I had to do it over again, I'd buy the 6 1/2 inch ruler. For my ruler, you cut your strips 3 3/4 inch, which means you cannot use Jelly Rolls. I don't know the size for the smaller ruler, but I do think it uses 2.5 inch strips which is a Jelly roll.

I saved the left overs, like they say to do. This afternoon, I sewed some together, but I didn't like the results. You would need to square up each rectangle to what size I don't know. I am going to throw them away. I think they say to save them just so you wouldn't know there was a lot of waste.

[madampolo]

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Really pretty. Colors are coordinated to their locations as well. Is this from a pattern with the ruler? Or could this be done with a colorful jellyroll maybe?

The ruler comes with two patterns of which this is one. I think if you buy the 6 1/2 inch ruler, you can use a Jelly Roll. I had to use 3 3/4 inch strips for my 7 1/2 inch ruler.