Diving Summer Games Block 13

Diving Paper Pieced Block by Kari Schell

When diving made its Olympic debut at St Louis 1904, athletes aimed for the longest jump. Now their spectacular aerial acrobatics are judged to the minutest detail. 

Click here to purchase and download the block pattern for paper piecing.  Pattern includes over-sized cutting instructions and piecing diagram.  Please make sure to verify that you are printing actual size (no scaling).  In your printer options you may need to uncheck "print to page".
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Drafting the Diving Block in Electric Quilt

Diving Block Drafted in Electric Quilt

Select Block>New Block>Easy Draw Block.

Import the above image for tracing in the Tracing Image tab.

Drawing board set-up in the Easy Draw tab is:

• Block Width/Height:  12 x 12  
• Snaps:  12 x 12
• Snapping Options:  Only Snap to Grid should be turned on.

Using the Line tool, draw a line across the block at 10 inches.

Select the Red Dot on the Grid tool.  Change the settings to Column 6 and Rows 1.  Drag a Grid from (10,1) to (10,12).  To drag, left click and hold the left click as you move the mouse to the second point.

​Use the Line tool and draw the diagonal lines for the waves.

Add to Sketchbook.

Creating the Waves Using the Grid Tool

Finishing the Waves in the Diving Block

Snap Options:  Turn off Snap to Grid.  Turn on Snap to Nodes and Arcs of Drawing.

Use the Line tool and draw a line to segment the upper half of the body.  Trace the remaining lines of the image.

Color.

Add to Sketchbook.

Save.

Drawing the Rest of the Diving Blcok

Happy quilting.

Kari

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