A Brief Distraction

In late March, a museum in New York City hosted  an exhibition called

Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts.

(http://www.folkartmuseum.org/infinitevariety)

It has inspired many quilters to make red and white quilts;

I am no exception.

I started making what I call 'bow tie' blocks.

If turned the other way, the block is known as a 'spool' block.

 From time to time I pull out a red fabric and

a white fabric from my stash and make a block.

Here is my collection so far...

 Look what happens when I turn them all to spools

and then stack them, offsetting each row.

A very cool effect!

 Each bow tie creates four leftover half square triangle blocks,

so I put those into a 'bear paw' block.

 I love the bear paws!

I think it is fun to get two different blocks from one cutting!