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I have always liked applique quilts with two block designs alternated, and in particular I like mixing diagonal and straight cross designs.

I also like mixing pieced and applique blocks to make a quilt, as all applique blocks are usually way more time consuming than pieced, so mixing them up can save a lot of time.

The block above is from The Patchwork Planner by Birte Hilberg, the two blocks below are additions I drafted to create designs with the first, but I suspect that Birte has them in her collection of designs even if they are not included in the book.

The designs are in black and white fabrics, so you have to imagine what colours you would use.

Ooops! the last block in the first quilt design is upside down … some unpicking would be required if it was real, but thankfully all I have to do is flip the block in Electric Quilt but ...

Rather a nice design for a single bed, or maybe for a tablecloth, or perhaps a mat in a large hallway.

Second design for today looks like a lovely warm quilt for a queen size bed.

Makes me think of garden beds with paved paths!

Which would make the second one the central feature.

Notice the way the Wedding Ring blocks have rounded out the fan blocks … very interesting.

In the second design I love the tips of the fan blocks showing around the edge, caused by all the blocks being on point.

I like it! Apart from the star block. Cannot believe I didn’t notice that before I saved the design.

The other blocks and the quilting motifs are a collection of old style applique in old fashioned colours, but with a bit of a twist here and there.

The pieced blocks in the second design do not include the rogue star which appeared in the first.

Love it!

It would be interesting to see some of my virtual quilt designs as part of the tiled floor of a very large hallway, or perhaps made up as a floor mat … or carpet tiles.

Nice!

Different , and I love it.

The big question is … how would you quilt the outer blocks in the second design? Something very simple, or something very busy …. or something in between. I do think I would use matching thread.

The Electric Quilt Company has produced a very tricky program which can change a block into a quilt layout, which then distorts any block you add to the layout into whatever shape the pieces in the original block are.

The second design has ell and truly changed the appearance of the original setting and the blocks placed in that setting.

I really should play with the more challenging areas of the program.