Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Lots of new goodies

I'm back from a long hiatus in which we had a lovely visit from the MN folks, followed by Passover, and now back from all that excitement.

String quilt:

I'm assembling the latest string quilt, this one done in autumnal colors.



I love, love, love making string quilts.  Mindless fun with all that color assemblage. 

Whirligig quilt:

It's slowly coming along.  I did assemble a couple of blocks with all the company, but it was much more fun chatting and doing field trips with them.


And then, because I need a new project like a hole in the head, I have forced myself to make another exploding block quilt.  I made one of these as an I Spy quilt for little Benjamin (who is now 4 and not so little and never stops talking).  I'm using 2 different layer cakes plus some odd and end charm squares, and I'm using Civil War-ish colors, not my usual at all.  I generally eschew reproduction prints; I like bright and lively, but last year I fell in love with some fabric lines and bought a few layer cakes (all on sale, of course).  I'm thinking this might be a perfect winter quilt.  At any rate, I'm enjoying stepping out of my usual fabric choices.

Here's Benjamin's quilt, made in 2014.

I'm out of the competition with Sock Madness:  company and Passover did me in, but it doesn't bother me.  I have so many projects in my head, and anyhow, I get all the patterns from SM, so I can make at my leisure and can fit the socks to my foot.  All good.

3 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

your quilts are all coming nicely! I find it so hard to piece and quilt when others are around - it is too distracting, most times it gets put aside while the visiting is going on.

Julierose said...

Oh I love string quilts too..I usually do mine on muslin squares for a lighter throw or lap quilt...love your colors in this one...hugs, Julierose

Anonymous said...

The Civil War-ish repro fabrics work nicely with your quilt.. and so many colors and prints keep it lively. I certainly don't need more fabric but seeing these repros tempts me.

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