Early Days

In 2002 I had just made my first quilt since the 80′s when I came across a series of American School of Needlework “Wacky Wizard” pamphlets by Linda Causee. Those blocks all used eight identical 45-degree wedges, diamonds or triangles to form blocks totally different both from one another and from the original fabric. This element of surprise strongly appealed to me as I had always used a design-as-you-construct approach in my pieced clothing, and I tried many of the blocks multiple times.