One of the last lessons I gave before stopping in person teaching was about illusion blocks and patterns. This included patterns such as Storm at Sea, Bargello, Tumbling Blocks and Log Cabin. All can give wonderful illusions of depth, movement and curves even though they are all straight line blocks.
I experimented with producing an illusion quilt from a basic four patch block.
My first attempt was a disaster. For some reason I decided to work from the outside of the block into the centre. I really don’t know what I was thinking of when I started. I quickly realised that this was not such a good idea so restarted the experiment working from the centre of the block.
Working from the centre made sure that the seams matched well and that I could spread the seam bulk on the back of the block.
I have made it into a pattern which includes these tips to get a great looking seam joins.
The Disappearing Four Patch Illusion Block is now available from my Etsy Shop.
Illusion blocks and quilts are very exciting topics and ones I will return to. In the meantime – Happy Quilting, Bev
Bev Mayo 