59 Not Out

Tomorrow is the first day of March.  New Year resolutions are now a dim memory.

                     But ....

                                     .... I have a New Year Resolution still going!

My Block of the Day is still going on Facebook, the Cat's Cradle is day 59.

I've made some of the blocks.  I don't have to make them all, I just make the ones that take my fancy.

Rambler 2 January

Squares and Triangles 5 January

Coffee Cups 6 January

Winged Four Patch 9 January

Steps to the Altar 17 January

Spider Web 23 January

Ladies' Aid 2 February

I can see a new quilt coming up, I have some ideas for a quilt-a-long later in the year.

But in the meantime I have a dilemma.

Today is the 29th February, Leap Year Day.  I don't have any record of a Kansas City Star block published on this date, so I have to choose one from another day.  What will I choose?

You will have to check the result on Facebook.

Spider Web Quilt Block

"A Spider Quilt Made from Odd Materials"

Spider Web

This week's block is Spider Web.  Once the pieces are cut out it is very easy to piece. There are two Spider Web patterns in BlockBase, #292 and #2726. I used 292 to make this block, the eight triangles are the same size.  In the other pattern the print triangles are wider than the plain ones.  Other names for the block are Amazing Windmill, Autumn Leaves, Boston Pavement, Denver, Merry Go Round and Mystic Maze.

I found a nice 1950s scrappy Spider Web at Ann Quilts.

This is a good pattern for using odd materials, although any quilt is more sophisticated made in a definite and limited color scheme.  Spider web pieces easily, too. First sew the quadrangles of contrasting color to the bases of all isosceles triangles.  These augmented triangles then join and the corner triangles complete it into a square about 11 by 11 inches.  Make cutting patterns of cardboard from the ones here given.  Draw around with a pencil onto your material; cut a seam larger and sew back to the pencil line.  A splendid way to file these old-fashioned quit patterns is to put each series of cardboards into an envelope marked with the name and a sketch of the block.

I love the straight-forward directions written by Ruby McKim.  "Sew the quadrangles to the bases of all isosceles triangles." It was assumed that every quilter knew her geometry.