Hmmm

Thinking .... and experimenting.

Normally in quilts, wedges are arranged in a circle - top photo.  They can be various widths, so long as the total is 360°.  The most common is 18°, resulting in 20 around the circle.  I also have a template for 30° wedges.  The recent desire to play with wedges all started when I saw an interesting quilt design, with the wedges snaking across the quilt.  But the design was based on 36° wedges, so 10 to make a complete circle.

You can buy (at considerable expense) a plastic template to make these - but not only is the template itself expensive, but the only places stocking it seemed to be in the USA. You can also find lots of pdf documents to enable you to make your own wedges - but I couldn't find one for 36° wedges anywhere!!!

So I decided to experiment with the 30° wedge template.  You wouldn't think that there would be so much difference.  Anyway, yesterday I created lots of wedges, and finished off pressing them today, before fastening them together in groups of three.

We then played with them on the floor, and W's considered opinion was that the snake didn't work very well, and he preferred them arranged in a circle.  It may be partly because the wedges are each too long - I'll have another go with squatter wedges sometime.

Because meanwhile, further browsing on the Internet had discovered a downloadable pattern that used 36° wedges, complete with a template to make them.  Cost just $8.  

So late this afternoon I cobbled together 10 of these wedges (which are quite squat) as a snake, and it produces the effect I was looking for - albeit the colours are not very exciting.

So it's been another day in the sewing room.  The weather didn't entice us out, but I spotted - too late to get a photo - the last dregs of a red sunset, so maybe the weather will be better tomorrow.