Lynn sent us gorgeous Wonderland fabric to make zig zag blocks for her this month.  As usual, I practised first with some Kaffe Fasset fabrics.

I did some maths to get this to be a 12.5″ block, since most of my practice blocks are 12.5″.  It’s all flying geese units – I found plenty of tutorials on the internet to help me figure out how to make them.  I recalculated to make a 15.5″ block for Lynn, but barely had enough of three of the fabrics I’d chosen (moral of the story – choose different fabrics if there is barely enough of some but plenty of others).

They were great fabrics to work with, but I’m not completely happy with my own efforts here.  It’s a little smaller than required too.  Hmmmm.

Fortunately, the other zig zag block I made went a little more smoothly.  My first practice wasn’t quite right.

This block is based on the ones designed by Kathy Doughty for her “Fractured” quilt that was in a recent issue of Down Under Quilts.  I modified it to use four fabrics instead of two and also made it a four by four block rather than three by three.  My next try was more successful, since I’d figured out how to stack and shift the fabrics to get the result I wanted.  I also made it a bit smaller, to give a 12.5″ block.

A little bit more maths later to get a 15.5″ block, and I was thrilled with how Lynn’s block turned out.

I really hope that she likes them and I am sure that her quilt is going to look superb – her bold choice of fabrics and design work together quite dramatically!