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Pieceful Sunday: Playing with Wedges Two

11/18/2017

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Wedges. What Shall I Make?
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Welcome to Pieceful Sunday! What piecing project have you been working on this week? I have been continuing to play with wedges. This is a continuation of last week's Pieceful Sunday post. As you may recall, I cut the wedges using my  Accuquilt (affiliate link) Wedge Die (#55439). After you see what I have been up to, come link up your piecing projects, both in-progress and completed! You can also view the projects of others.
I cut five wedges from each of eight different fat quarters. It takes 40 wedges to complete a circle of wedges. However, I wanted to try something besides connecting the wedges in a circle. I started off with 40 wedges as a good starting point for a table topper or table runner. First I sewed unit of wedges. There are eight wedges in a unit, but the wedges are sewn narrow edge to wide edge. The unit is shown in the photo below. Each unit is about an 18" x 9 1/2" rectangle.
Picture of Wedge Unit
Wedge Unit

I decided to sew five identical wedges so that the wedges would not be totally random. I was able to cut five identical wedges from each fat quarter. Then I began playing with the placement of the wedges. See the four variations that I tried in the photos below. I only show four units in each variation because my table was not large enough to hold five units.
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Variation One
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Variation Two

In Variations One and Two, the blocks are arranged long side together.  Each unit has three match points per side.  A  repeating pattern developed because I used identical units.
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Variation Three
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Variation Four

​In these variations, two parallel sets of units are sewn. Every other pair of wedges has ​a match point. If I want to add the fifth unit to this pattern, I will need to do a little unsewing. I have decided to go with Variation Three for this initial design. Now that I have selected the design, I will press the matching seams in opposite directions so that they lock. Come back to see where I am going with this!

I also like Variations Two and Four which are similar, but I think they would look better with planned units. They might make a larger quilt design. However, it will need to wait.

Which variation do you prefer? 

Now it is your turn! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the blue button with the frog below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the blue frog button below to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link up will be available until Monday, November 20, 2017 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts.
To see the link-ups or to add your link-up, click on the blue frog button.
Please include a link to this page in the blog post that you are linking up. If you wish, you can include the Pieceful Sunday button as well. After linking up, I hope that you will stop by the posts of others to see their work. Encouraging comments are welcome. Quilters tend to be nurturing and supportive.  I am hoping that this Linky Party will help us establish an encouraging quilting group. 

​Thanks for stopping by. If you have questions or comments, please go to comments or contact me by email. 

Happy Quilting!

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