Hollow cubes quilt pattern

so this post is kind of a cheater finish it up friday. you see, i have finished procrastinating and i am finishing my christmas sewing projects. here are my wips that will be finishes before christmas. i am sharing them with you all so i can hold myself accountable. matthew finished wearing braces. nice safety glasses. i finished organizing my game closet. i did not make this blanket, but i want to!! here are my blocks i started. each hexagon took me 30 minutes to make. i am hating and…

This tutorial is for making tumbling blocks using strips sewn together – no Y seams. This technique, developed in 1987 by Marci Baker, is available in the book ABC 3-D Tumbling Blocks ……

Pictures - Think Inside The Box - From Cathy Wierzbicki's Geometric Gems . Sorry for the blurry cell phone picture. Finally taking this one off the design wall. It will sit on the shelf for a bit until I learn how to use the longarm machine. Don't have it yet. Hopefully, Sunday the Avante will be mine. Can't wait!

[Edited to include more information on Marci’s book.] I just realized I finished this quilt in the beginning of January but never shared it with you. So I give you First Steps. I based this wall hanging on Marci Baker’s Hollow Cube, Too design (more information here). The design was suggested to me by someone …

I sewed with friends yesterday, so got the Hollow Cubes pieces out and spent a few hours arranging them on the design wall. I sewed together 5 vertical rows, so it's a start. This quilt won't be as big as the Tumbling Blocks quilt. There are 13 vertical rows, and there are 21 triangles in each row. I am excited to get it finished now! I had to number each piece, as it would be easy to turn those triangles the wrong way while sewing. My daughters and I are heading up to my Mom and Dad's today…

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Another one of Connie's colorful, perfectly pieced creations!

Hollow Cube One Block Wonder demonstrates the unique ways color and shading can make your work come alive. Marci explains how to make it happen.

:: Hollow cubes, in a one block wonder quilt at Quilts by Joyce :: Seems they're surrounded by low-contrast stack 'n' whack blocks?

The ladies got a good start on their Hollow Cubes,Too blocks on Saturday. I like to teach some classes in two sessions, like these 3D cubes. There are a lot of steps to making cubes, especially the hollow ones, so if they can concentrate on the construction of the actual cube, without worrying about how to finish it, it's more manageable. Plus there is a lot of strip sewing and cutting involved in making them and it's good incentive to work on them through the week when they know they will…