![]() When you cut these pieces out, you’ll want to cut just inside the line to get the correct size. You can use printer paper or thin card as you prefer. Then use your template to trace out the paper pieces you’ll need. Make a template to the exact size out of plastic or thick card. If you like this technique and would like to make a quilt there are lots of pattern books available. Make a key tracing out each individual piece on triangle paper. See some examples of fabric panels that would work well with this technique. I used fabric from several years ago but I think these florals would produce a quilt very similar to my Flower power.Īlso panels are great candidates for this technique. If you’re looking to design an entire pieced quilt top, start by drawing some interlocking circles and arcs over the hexagon graph paper in pencil. When cutting your stack pay attention to your pins so you don’t blunt the blade by cutting through the pins. Sketch it out Print off some hexagon and triangle graph paper to get started drafting your ideas (you can find printable hexagon graph paper here and there are many others available online too). Use a very sharp blade since you’ll be cutting through 4 layers of fabric. Ricky Tims' Kool Kaleidoscope quilt is a popular and very fun method for making a kaleidoscopic quilt without fussy cutti. The border is 3″ wide and I used a different matching print though using the left overs of the main fabric is a choice a lot of quilters make to showcase the original print intact. I ended up with 60 blocks in total and I used 56 (7 x 8). The Kaleidoscope Quilt would look gorgeous in any batik fabric as well, remembering to keep in mind your light and dark shades that create the depth. The smaller the patch the more variation of blocks you’ll get. With my 12 1/2″ repeat I decided to cut 3 strips, 4″ wide each. Now the size of your four patches is guided by the width of the repeat and your own preference. The number of extra repeats must be 4, 8, 12, always by 4. If you want to make it bigger, then get enough fabric for more repeats. ![]() Full instructions with diagrams for 2 sizes. ![]() That makes 2 stacks of 4 repeats each, one repeat per square in a four square block. Tamara Kate Designs - Kaleidoscope Quilt Pattern Printed pattern. My fabric repeat is 12 1/2″ wide and my quilt has 8 repeats in total. I made the quilt on the video with 3 yards of fabric but I only used 2 1/2 yards for the four patch blocks.
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