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We offer different quilt design layouts, patterns, table runner and table topper kits as well as different variations of the Kaleidoscope design, and we have many more ideas, patterns and designs in the works.

The Kaleidoscope Quilt is a great way to use up your scraps. This tutorial plays with value to create a lot of movement and a fun design. It is a great project if you are wanting to try a new skill or wanting to build on what you learned about value when making the Plaid-ish quilt.

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My goal when writing quilt patterns is to create something that will help you fall in love with quilting just a little bit more while also building skills and confidence. I hope you find a pattern that you love!

AmandaJean, why do so many of us women dismiss our biggest undertakings as "crazy" or "insane?" I think you are on to something with the King sized kaleidoscope idea. It would be gorgeous on that scale, and the grand size would have a powerful impact. Instead of crazy or insane, I call that idea Ambitious and Inspired. Also, real artists like yourself cannot be constrained by arbitrary deadlines so even if it took you TEN years it will be done "right on time." This comes to you from someone who is paper piecing a King sized pineapple log cabin quilt at the moment (and for many, many moments to come)!

Yesterday my Connecting Threads catalog came in the mail and I anxiously perused it hoping to see your fabric. Now that I know that it will be in next month's catalog, I should give our mail carrier a heads up. I'm glad you chose to work with Connecting Threads, they are a great company to purchase quilting supplies and books. Thanks for sharing the Kaleidoscope pattern, it's one of the first patterns I made when I started quilting almost twenty years ago. It might be time to make another one.

I LOVE the look of this quilt! I too can see it as a king - but the thought of all those pieces is a bit daunting. I've got more than a few projects started that were not adding up to my vision - so I set them aside and started something new. The problem is I now have about 15 half finished quilts - some showing more promise than others. Keep going - you won't be sorry!!

Pamela

Bethany Reynolds has books on this technique which includes patterns for blocks with 45 degree triangle quilts as well as 60 degree triangle quilts, and she also includes patterns using diamonds and half square triangles. Her books are Stack-n-Whack and Stack-n-Whackier. Check out your local quilt shop to see if either is available. They might even order a copy of them for you. Or you can just make some blocks and create your own quilt or quilts with them.

This week I will be sharing my enthusiasm at Quilters Common in Wakefield, MA. I am teaching a workshop on the process for making these quilts. I also have a pattern available for this quilt which is available exclusively at Quilters Common.

Since the classic Kaleidoscope block consists of 8 45 degree triangle blocks, you need 8 repeats of the fabric. 8 times 45 is 360, which gives you a full circle! Plan on buying at least 5 1/2 yards of fabric of your kaleidoscope fabric.

The first thing I do is cut my fabric in half lengthwise. This way you will be working with half of the width of fabric and this will allow you to have some flexibility with your fabric. You can either set up two sets of repeats of the fabric for cutting triangles, or you can use the other half of the width of fabric for length of fabric borders. What you do with the fabric depends on what you have in mind for a quilt.

And here is another finished version of the same quilt pattern. The blocks on this one are all fabric right side up which creates more of a spiral effect. Pictures show the front and back of the quilt.

A pattern repeat is the design that repeats on fabric, lengthwise and crosswise, so it has a certain length and width. Depending on how many repeats you have on your fabric, you can create different types of kaleidoscope blocks. From 4 repeats you can cut squares and create square blocks, from 6 repeats or 8 repeats you cut triangles and create hexagons or octagons. You can use how many repeats you want, the more repeats, the more complex the work.

The easiest kaleidoscope is the one that requires 4 pattern repeats lengthwise. If you want to sew a big bed quilt, you need a lot of fabric, but do you know that you can create a few kaleidoscope blocks even from half yard or one yard of fabric, if it has a short pattern repeat?

The same motif repeats along the width of the fabric; depending on the width of your pattern repeat, the number of times you find it along the width of the fabric varies (more times for short fabric repeats, only once for wide fabric repeats). I outlined on my fabric the motifs and this is what you need to create a 4-repeat kaleidoscope from fabric with only 2 pattern repeats.

I find that this method is most successful when using squares whose designs are NOT spread in an overall pattern. One examples featuring blue squares after the kaleidoscope method do no look that much different (at least to me) from the original design. They really are not worth the effort of cutting and restitching.

Compare with some of the red examples where he color RED pops out from the background.

Each block is made up of four (4) pieces which were 1 1/2 inch square.. the finished block is 3 inches small. This was such a fun quilt to make, and I used a lot of my little white on white scraps as well as my precious Lizzy House bits.

With this economically-price pattern, you simply take 3, one-yard cuts of fabric plus a few hours and make a beautiful quilt top with binding and borders. The pattern includes an assembly diagram and step-by-step directions that make your cutting and piecing a breeze!

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Today let's look at the Kaleidoscope quilt block designed by Nancy Page. This block is not at all like the more modern blocks by the same name. It's a large pretty block that makes a secondary star pattern when multiple blocks are sewn together.

This Kaleidoscope block was fun to sew together. All the units are easy to sew - just the color placement got confusing a couple of times. Plus it's a nice big block - you'll have a quilt in no time! You should give it a try!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you like it and want to see more, just click HERE to sign up for my newsletter and receive a free PDF quilt pattern called "Chained Weathervane".

Back in August I featured my little table topper quilt made with the spider web kaleidoscope block which I have decided to name Candy Corn. I am also teaching this little quilt at Creativfestival this fall in Toronto. The class is from 5-8pm on Thursday October 24, 2013.

Two kaleidoscope blocks each with a very different look and a very different method of construction. One sewing the pie shaped sections together with many seams matching in the centre. The other one creating squares with the pieces and having few seams meet in the centre.

This beautiful quilt by Jason Yenter of In The Beginning Fabrics is designed with the beautiful Victoria collection in mind. It features beautiful floral borders and geometric blocks all with a light and delicate floral look.

How to select a fabric for a successful Kaleidoscope block. Choosing the appropriate fabric for a Kaleidoscope block is a completely different process than when selecting for nearly any other project. As with all quilting rules, the rules are made to be broken, so please consider this a list of very loose guidelines:

We've taken eleven different fabrics that we loved in traditional quilt projects, and used the design mirrors to demonstrate how the fabric will look in a block. Of course, these will vary by how many segments in your block, and how small each piece will be. A 5" finished 4-Patch like our kit will look very different than a 9" finished block from our free pattern that has 8 segments. In each of these examples, there is no wrong fabric, but it will give you an idea of what will work best for each method.

Medium novelty. The movement in this print provides very interesting shapes. The strong lines and contrasting colors combined with adequate negative space around the images produces desirable blocks. This is one that would be fun to show your quilt friends the original fabric after they've oohed and aahhed over your unique blocks!

WOW each block is a little surprise that just comes together. I have made a Kaleidoscope quilt using the mirror technique, but I think yours is way more fun & so very simple. Thank you for sharing your wonderful tutorials.

I love this quilt! I would love to make it. I love that brown you used so thanks for pointing out which brown it is. I also love the quilting, and the way those circle pop off the quilt. What a cool project! It really deserves to be your fav!

When we were in Cancun a vendor said, "Lady,

are you trying to Key..ill me?" I'm thinking the same thing about both of these new patterns and the beautiful little stacks okay...big stacks of fabric SITTING next to my sewing machine!!!

i LOVE this quilt...TOTALLY my style too.

Hugs to you and yours. Hope you are doing well.

I'll have to try my hand at this one once school slows down a bit. I just finished piecing an Ohio star quilt before my semester begins.

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The concept behind these guides is to give you the opportunity to use each design on a rotational basis - quilt in one direction, then turn the guide to quilt again, then turn again until you have a completed design. 2351a5e196