Keeping It All Straight

It will take 16 squares to make this tablecloth. All the squares are made exactly the same way with all the little pieces in the same pattern. The design comes from turning each square one-quarter turn as the quilt is put together. If the squares are not sewn together just right, the pattern will be lost. To help me keep track of everything, each block was given a letter and a number to mark its correct spot.

Five-Inch Squares

This new project will become a cloth for my kitchen table. First I accumulated fat quarters (18" x 22") of various materials - anything I liked. I was sure to look for light fabrics and dark fabrics. These were cut into 5" squares and then into smaller squares and rectangles and sewn together to make a pattern. This first picture is some of these pieces. The second picture shows them arranged and ready to be sewn into a block. The design of this small quilt will come from the play of light and dark.