Leftovers and block variations

What would you do with a basket of green half-square triangles?
For me it was a trip back to Jinny Beyer's The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Pattern for inspiration.

On page 68 I saw a pattern  called Mosaic No. 12 attributed to Ladies Art Company, 1897. "Also known as Mosaic No. 5, Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, Jun 29, 1934. Mosaic No. 9, Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, Sept 11, 1934."

Also found the block on page 48 of Carrie Hall Blocks by Bettina Havig.  "Mosaic #12  Accession 38.491S".

I must point out that I did make a change to the pieceing of this block from what you would find in the above books.

The original pattern calls for what I would call a Flying Geese square.

Since I was trying to use up those half square triangles I used this piecing to make the Flying Geese square.

I think this also made the look of the block/quilt much more scrappy.

I hope this inspires you to think outside the box when you are trying to use those leftovers.

But, what really attracted me to this block was the possibllities when I put several blocks together.  

In the books I only saw one block.

What would the all over/secondary designs look like?

After I finished my quilt top I took a photo and made a paper copies in black and white to play around with other ideas.  (maybe a future quilt?)

Without the distraction of color see if you can you find the stars, the pinwheels, or maybe a follow the arrows design?

Here are a few other ideas I found.

I really liked the use of a variety of colors but I was working with my stash.

In the end I only had fabric for one quilt.

My finished quilt is 39" X 39", meandering quilting and a soft flannel backing. I used up most of my half-square triangle stash and I enjoyed all the experimenting I did.

My "Let's Ride" quilt!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!

Thanks for stopping by!

MaryEllen