TUTORIAL! PT. 1 ~ One Block Wonder Kaleidoscope Quilt with Panel 

Soooo many people say that! Truelove Genes Rock:) Thanks Carol:)

Aw thanks so much for that!! You are very kind and supportive!! I hope it all lives up to my Hype!!! LOL! LOL!

OH NO!! I shouldn't have, but I did laugh!! LOL! You and me sound like kindred spirits ~ with this little black cloud hovering over us!! LOL! My toe is healing and yes wrapped together:) Thanks so much for taking time to watch me Jen:) I appreciate it;) Safe gentle not painful hugs to Perth:)

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Thank you Jean, you be sure to take care of you too and I wish us all a happier and healthier 2023. Looking forward to your next video.

Awwwwwww, so sorry all those bad things happened to you; on your vacation, no less! {{{{{🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻}}}}}

Super!! Thanks Brenda!! Now I just have to get going on it:)

Aw Beverely, I'm feeling for you! Please keep warm and cozy!! Crocheting and Knitting sounds good for the soul!! Take care and look after yourself:) Hugs:)

It's all new to me also Margaret!! I hope I can muddle on through, as it seems there are a lot of people looking at me to see how I go!! No Pressure!!! LOL! LOL! Thanks so much:)

I too thought they were WELL beyond my simple scope!! But when I actually broke them down, I thought, I can do this!! Well, I THINK I can do this!! ! LOL! Watch this space and see how I go!! Thanks Heidi:) You are always so kind;)

Thanks so much Karen:) It was tempting for me too.....LOL!....I hope I can do it justice!!! LOL!

We can 'sing and dance' to our own tunes Martina!! We get each other!! LOL! LOL! I hope I can muddle on through with this project....its a bit of a mystery to me too!! LOL! Love to Ireland!! (Ian's maternal grandmother's last name was Ryan!!:) Common name though in Ireland!! ;)

Super Anja!! I hope I can do justice to the tutorial and make sense of it all!! LOL! Thanks for watching me and I appreciate your support:) Hopefully I am on the upwards swing!! Still have to take things a bit easy though....don't want to have a relapse:)

Thanks Vicki!! In the past, as I admitted, I didn't really love the look of the kaleidoscope....it seemed a bit chaotic for me. But with the panel that gives visual relief....well, that's what caught MY eyes and wanted me to try it!! We shall see if I'm successful:)

Thanks Mimzy!! I appreciate that;)

I felt the exact same way!! But I think I have it figured out!! Thanks for taking time to watch me:)

I hope your recovery is smooth and quick. It was a bit brutal, to be honest!!! We can only do what we can do ~ no rush~ Take care Louise! ;) Hugs:)

Oh dear...I HAVE set myself up haven't I?!!? LOL! We will stumble along together and as I always say...HOPEFULLY I will get there in the end!! LOL! LOL~

Hi Sherry!! Lovely to hear from you!! Maxwell says Hi:!!!

Thank you! 😊

Thanks Annie:) It's nice to be back stroking my fabric and planning!! Slowly but surely!! Hopefully:)

Thanks Donna:) I'm looking forward to seeing the quilt come together too! Mainly because I have no idea if it will!! LOL! LOL!

This makes me very happy:) Thank you and yes, please let me see how you have gotten on:) All the best:)

You are so welcome Marie!! I can't wait either!! LOL! I hope I know what I'm doing!! LOL!

Thank you Kathy:) For never knowing just how to do one, I'm so pleased that I managed to do it at all!!:) Your praise and comments made my day! Thanks for finding me:) Have a good day:) Rainy and warm(ish) here in PA, but hopefully the rain stops soon and the weather says it will go up to 72~ We shall see:) Thanks again;)

Aw that is so so very kind!! It is a project that is completely foreign to me and I hope to do some justice to it!! LOL! I am looking forward also, to see what I come up with!! LOL! LOL!

Glad it was helpful Patricia:) I can't wait to see part 2 also!! LOL! LOL!

Thanks Carmen! For my first 'project' back, I surely did pick it!! LOL! LOL! I'm still having to take things steady as I get tired very quickly, but feeling much better. I have even regained my sense of smell....almost. The cough lingers but all in all, I feel over the Covid.

Thanks so much:) You are very kind;) My toe is healing okay...just have to take things steady:)

Isn't that the way ~~ you could be REALLY hurt and yet the embarrassment is worse!!! LOL! LOL! Take care!! That darned Montana wind!!! LOL! Thanks Cathy:)

Oh no!! You poor toe!! Same toe...same toe...same toe!! Can't you change things up for awhile and break ANOTHER one!?!? LOL! LOL! Only kidding! Ouch! Tell me about it...everything was healing and then, maybe because it got bitter cold here, the pain and ache started up again! Please take care Dusty! Between us, we can manage to walk straight!! LOL!

Aw thanks so much Anita:) I've jumped in with both feet with this one!! LOL! Hopefully I can do it justice ~ as it is completely foreign to me too!! LOL! I'm still taking things very every easy, as I get tire so quickly. And my toe is slowly but surely feeling better! Our friend, Roger, just left from visiting us for over a month...he lives in Notting Hill. Good old London:)

Thank you so much Donna:) I still have to take things steady as I don't want to have a relapse!! :)

LOL! Maxwell said the exact same thing!! LOL! Now THAT would make a great video:) THanks Jan:) Take care;)

Thanks Linda:)

Awesome! Thank you!

Hugs to Wellington and Thelma;) I am feeling better although really taking it easy still. Don't want to have a relapse!!

Thanks Marla!! If I get stuck then I'll get in touch with you!! LOL! I don't really have a clue what to do!! LOL!

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory You'll do just fine! If you want to rotate them, just turn each triangle 1 turn to the right or left-just be consistent. Your first design will come out so differently & you might like it better. But from the looks of these triangles, I think they'll all be pretty without rotating them!!

YAY!! I am finally getting around to it Jen!! LOL! There is a person here who was wondering how big you think to cut your own larger panel....maybe you can enlighten us? When you do it?

I am too Robin!! LOL! Hopefully I don't mess it up!! ;)

Yup! Another injury!! LOL! LOL! But you have to laugh:) I too never realized how the Kaleidoscope quilts were made!!!! But I think I got this!! LOL! Maxwell is very blessed to have so many people who truly love him and look after him:)

Is that book by Maxine Rosenthal? She was the originator (or at least wrote a popular book on the subject) of the One Block Wonder block method:) I don't have the book, but have followed along with many tutorials here on RU-vid to learn about it:) I do hope your daughter in laws and families are safe!! Hugs Michelle;)

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Yes I have two books of hers but am looking to get the one with panels though panels are quite expensive here in Australia. Both DIL safe one lives in Hobart Tasmania the other is in London. X Jean

So pleased to hear everyone is safe:)

Roger is such a sweetie and we have zero trouble communicating with him in both lip reading and signing to a small extent. Maxwell said he is the BEST guest ever...and we have to admit that him being deaf makes for a VERY amenable house guest!! LOL! It's comforting to know that my toe will heal and I will soon forget which one got broke!! LOL! Can't wait till ALL woes and pain and the ears of the deaf are unstopped:) Bless you Sondra:) Love to the family:)

Thanks Rebecca:) I can't wait either;)

I had seen that too...but I like the RELIEF that the panel gives! Thanks Susan:)

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory I agree!

Thanks for watching me Barbara;)

Aw thanks so much! :) You are very kind to take time to watch me:) Is Garnet truly your name?!? Such a pretty one!! LOL!

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory yes it is, my grandmothers name was Garnet

Thanks so much;)

Thanks Tracy:) Hopefully it will turn out okay:)

THank you:)

I didn't realize what you meant at first, but then GOT IT!! THank you for that suggestion!! ;)

Thank you so much Terrie~ My regular RU-vid friends will KNOW just how much I sweated over that math!!! LOL LOL! LOL! I sure do hope I got it right!!!! LOL!

Thanks Jo! I will endeavor to be!! LOL!

It's just called LIFE, Theresa:) No more no less than others have experienced. We just continue to see the glass half full rather than empty and count our many blessings:) Thank you so much;)

Aw thanks Barbara!! Hopefully to stay for awhile!! I have to still take things easy though...don't want to have a relapse!! Take care;)

Aw Bless you Shirley:) I looked it up and we live about 5 hours from Monroeville. Thank you for your offer, but perhaps not practical for us. You are very kind and I will tell Jen about your invitation! Thanks again for watching me!

Jen has answered here....but I will get in touch with her now and see what her plans are!! :) Thanks Shirley:)

Sorry, don't understand what you mean? May??!?! But thanks anyway:)

Sorry, I typed ' mat' and good old auto correct changed it ! I ' m curious about the wonderful beige cutting mat. It looks so easy to read! Thanks!

I saw that!! But my left/right/upside down/mirror image brain got VERY VERY confused!!! LOL! I'll stick with one way!! LOL! Thanks Jennifer:)

I am beyond sorry for what you people have endured and are yet enduring. What a wicked world we live in. I was kindly gifted this beautiful fabric by the fabric supplier, equilter.com located in Colorado and was asked, as a RU-vid quilt creator, if I could make something to honor the Ukrainian people, utilizing this fabric line. Equilter is generous, in that they contribute to charities around the globe, in order to heIp. I chose, as an artist, to create this quilt ~ showcasing the beautiful woman, as a whole, in the garden, complete and intact, surrounded by color and shape and forms found in nature, sunshine yellows, vibrant greens, sky blues and mellow creams. Nothing dreary or dark or fragmented, just an image and textile, bursting with hope and joy. As sadly, life USED to be for the people of the Ukraine. I love my fellow man, as is the next commandment in the Bible, after first loving our God, Jehovah. War, and it's horrific implications and consequences, are the workings of a wicked and sinful people, under the influence of evil forces wreaking havoc in the world. Soon to be destroyed under God's Kingdom arrangement. A time my family and myself and others look forward to. Again my sorrow and concern go to the unfortunate people who are suffering.

Then convey to your supplier that you cannot create something new by destruction. Especially if you have panels, their essence is to use them whole and not fragmented. I see that everyone is trying to get ahead of themselves on the Ukrainian theme, but not in this way. Why couldn't it be take and connect several fabrics to get a Ukrainian ornament? Why do you need to cut a whole panel into pieces? And don't mention God, you are doing your work for financial enrichment.

This subject is obviously a sensitive topic for you, however, in the quilting world which I live in, the object to create works of art is to choose fabrics, and then CUT them up into various sizes, shapes and pieces, combine them with other coordinating fabric (perhaps ALSO cut up) and to create something new and different, which is exactly what I did. No huge symbolism, no political overtones, no offense intended, just pretty fabrics made even prettier:) We can agree to disagree on this matter, as reasonable adults do. I wish no ill feelings and respect your fervant believes. I will, however, in my venue, continue to mention my God, Jehovah, my relationship with him and his Kingdom as the answer to all of the terrible conditions in the world we now live in. Soon to come. As a P.S., please, you can look up and research exactly HOW LITTLE RU-vid creators, such as myself, earn......if I make enough to pay a utility bill each month, then that is a GOOD month! LOL! I certainly am NOT making enough to Retire!! LOL! I do what I do to share and be appreciated by folks who get me. That is all.

Yes, Donna, I have watched many tutorials on this project!! Lovely to learn form others too:) Thanks so much and hope you are keeping well:)