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Urban Amish Fabric Formula
A: Larger scale focus print,
medium value (Note: medium
value can be created by equal
distribution of lights and darks. )
B: Darker value tone-on-tone or smaller scale print.
C: Lighter value tone-on-tone or smaller scale print.
Note: B and C are also a good place to use a striped fabric cut
along the grain (or on the strict bias if you are comfortable with
handling stretchier fabric. For beginners, though it’s best to cut
along the grain).
The following pages will illustrate how this most basic of blocks can easily yield
innumerable quilts with bold, graphic contemporary styling. All the fabrics used in
the illustration are from Sketchbook by Yolanda Fundora for Blank Quilting.
Sample 8" Indian Hatchet Unit
Six possible geometrical combinations using 4 Indian Hatchet units to form one 16" block
Parallel
Flipped & Mirrored
Mirrored
One Quarter Flipped
Parallel & Flipped
Inverted & Mirrored
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(16 1/2” with seam allowance)
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32 inches square
Parallel Block Unit
Simple and bold, great for the minimalist at heart.
(Or a guy who loves quilts but is afraid to admit it.)
Parallel Block Unit rotated
90⁰,180⁰ & 270⁰
64" square
This configuration has been described by an enthusiast as
“Waves, rays, vibrations all look something like this!”
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32 inches square
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32 inches square
Inverted and Mirrored Block
Unit
Very dimensional. A design with immediate graphic impact.
Parallel & Flipped Block Unit
rotated 90⁰,180⁰ & 270⁰
A different “spin” on the pinwheel. More like whirling lightning
flashes.
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32 inches square
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32 inches square
Flipped & Mirrored Block Unit
Maybe this can be called “To-and-fro”. There is a very definite
rocking motion to this one caused by the strong back-and-forth
of the end-to-end triangles.
One Quarter Flipped Block Unit
rotated 90⁰,180⁰ & 270⁰
Baby Boy version
Adult version
The strong center of this makes a very balanced, tranquil and
peaceful design. Good for a baby. Add a simple striped border
and you are done!
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32 inches square
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32 inches square
Mirrored A
A simple and elegant design. Good for a bed.
A 96 square (Queen Size
bed quilt) made up from
three fabrics using 20
Mirrored A Blocks and 16
Mirrored B blocks.
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Mirrored B
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You can also try some easy variations:
The quilt layout below is made from one high-contrast Indian Hatchet unit (as per
our Urban Amish fabric formula) and one lower-contrast Indian Hatchet unit set in a
Flipped& Mirrored configuration.
64" x 64"
Low-Contrast
Unit
Flipped & Mirrored
Configuration
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High-Contrast
Unit
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64" x 80" block layout
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The quilt layout
below is made of 8"
Indian Hatchet units
in the configuration
pictured. This unit
is simply rotated
90⁰,180⁰ & 270⁰.
Two more simple variations:
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The inverted & Mirrored
block is the basis for this
64 inch square block
layout.
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Slight variations to three
Parallel & Flipped Block
Units rotated 90⁰,180⁰ &
270⁰ create this dramatic
64 inch square block
layout.
About the fabric line Sketchbook designed by Yolanda Fundora for Blank Quilting.
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“I spend a lot of time staring at the flower shapes in gardens. I don’t always have
a camera handy to record a particularly nice flower shape. Sometimes when I get
back to my studio I do little doodles of what caught my eye that day.
The idea for the Sketchbook fabric was a result of this pastime. I was thumbing
through a small journal on my desk and came upon a sketch of a paisley with little
flowers inside. A bit further on I saw that I had tucked in sketches of some flower
shapes that I really liked though I could not recall what they were anymore. I liked
the feel of the of the quick drawings and thought I’d like to capture that in a fabric. Pretty soon I
was searching for and scanning all the little drawings I could find into Photoshop and trying to coax
repeats out of them. Naturally, there was nothing to do but call the line Sketchbook and doodle on.”
Sketchbook 5618-black
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It comes in 3 colorways: A Sienna, Tan, Garnet and Black combination... very Tuscan; a clean Pink,
Lime and Butter Yellow... fresh and springlike, & an Aqua, Sky, Teal, and Turquoise combination... a
summery, sophisticated look
Sketchbook (sienna colorway)designed by Yolanda Fundora for Blank Quilting.
Arabesque
5621-garnet
Sketchbook 5618-black
Buttonflower
5619-cream
Simple Paisley 5622 sienna
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Simple Paisley 5622 tan
Simple Paisley 5622 black
Simple Stripe
5623-tan
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Sketchbook (pink colorway)designed by Yolanda Fundora for Blank Quilting.
Arabesque
5621-pink
Sketchbook 5618-butter
Buttonflower
5619-pink
Simple Paisley 5622 pink
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Simple Paisley 5622 yellow
Simple Paisley 5622 lime
Simple Stripe
5623-lime
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Sketchbook (aqua colorway)designed by Yolanda Fundora for Blank Quilting.
Arabesque
5621-urquoise
Sketchbook 5618-aqua
Buttonflower
5619-blue
Simple Paisley 5622 sky
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Simple Paisley 5622 lime
Simple Paisley 5622 teal
Simple Stripe
5623-teal
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