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Becky is on her way home from staying with her sister in the hospital. Christy is amazing. Once again she is doing better. 

Becky has been sharing with you about her new project. I have a project going using the same techniques but with a very different look from hers.
 
 Years ago I found these vintage blocks while antiquing. Probably under a table in a basket. I loved them and brought them home and put them in a drawer. An unknown maker spent many hours hand piecing them. Her seams match up beautifully. When you look at them they have a softness to them that you do not get cutting strips using a ruler.
I am making a quilt using the blocks for my background. The background is busy. My applique is a very simple design, with the applique pieces being large. This way the background remains the background.
I plan to cut my sashing and 9 patch blocks for the border without a ruler. My hope is for the borders to look soft like the background. I will post more as the project progresses.
Blessings Linda

Working on the new quilt…

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I’ve spent the better part of this week getting my next quilt up on the wall. You saw the background of one block last week. Today I put the applique pieces on it.

I began by pinning up small pieces of the different fabrics just to get an idea of how they might look. Once I was pretty sure I liked what I saw, I cut them out. I included their seam allowances and cut them out carefully with a 3/16″ seam allowance.

It’s really important to see the fabric cut to shape. That way you will have a much better idea of how your block will look after it has been stitched. I use the placement overlay to get these pieces in the correct position on the wall. I’ll post a photo soon showing the block without the overlay and with the vase cut and ready to sew.

Zebra stripes…

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We have new neighbors! The house they moved into has two bedrooms and around 1500 square feet. They unloaded three big UHauls into the house – I’m not sure how everything got squeezed in.

The zebra UHaul parked at the end of our alley caught my eye. In studying the photo I think what makes it more interesting is the pattern in the asphalt in front of it.

The little mermaid?

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I just found this on YouTube. BroadwayWorld.com’s “Give Us Your Voice” Contest was in 2007 so you can see that I’m behind the times. Nick Pitera, the guy in this video, didn’t win but he’s fascinating to watch. How does he sound so much like Ariel?

Dressing in monochrome…

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Many of you know that I wear a lot of green, but I don’t always wear green. Elizabeth Sweetheart does! I am a regular reader of Joanna Goddard’s design blog and somehow I missed her post from February 2008. In it she refers us to an article she wrote for New York Magazine about New Yorkers who dress in monochrome.

Like all quilters, I love color. In fact, I love color so much that I can’t choose just one favorite color. How did these folks choose just one color!? I could not do that – but I do admit that it makes for a lovely closet. I’ll bet their drawers are fun to look at too.