Showing posts with label Michael James. Show all posts
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Aztec Two-Step

Here's a blast from the past. I made this quilt back in 1982. It's called Aztec Two-Step. I had attended a class with Michael James in which we learned to design our own quilt blocks. This quilt is made up of 16 units of the same block, rotated in groups of 4. It is an asymmetrical block. I have outlined one block for you, below.
After working out the design, I added the black points around the edges. The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted, because in 1982, if you machine quilted a quilt, you were considered a heathen and a sinner.

It's about 36" square. My mother owns it, and recently brought it out of storage to hang in her dining room.

Gotta love those 1982 fabrics.