dismantled

 

A couple of posts ago, this quilt came out of the UFO cupboard. It was in there because those big blue squares and that blue border weren’t “right”.

Spurred on by a recent post by Joanne at Canuck Quilter, who unpicked a quilt she wasn’t happy with, the seam ripper got a workout. 

There’s something rather unsettling about doing this to what was effectively a finished quilt top. 

I still wanted some blue in the centre though. Time to make some new blocks.

This quilt is loosely based on a design by Lissa Alexander from many years ago. The fabrics were mostly fat quarter bundles of Faye Burgos and Lecien. Now the centre looks like this.

That’s much better. Those two very dark triangles look out of place. They’ll be replaced as well.  Time to work on a new border design. 

rsc september - dark

 

 The colour for  the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge  in September is Dark. There were plenty of black scraps in the stash from a baby quilt I made a while ago. 

Not sure what is planned for October but I will be making a brown version as well. All up I want 16 blocks to make a square quilt. The challenge only makes twelve so I’ll be adding to these.

Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. Storm Helene and the damage from high winds, flooding and failed dams on such a large scale has been extraordinary.

sprung

  

Spring came a month early and so the garden needed some attention.  It’s been really windy and warm or cold. The weather can’t seem to make up its mind. Oh,  and Tasmania pinched all the rain.  Pretty sure they would have a happily shared some as they’ve had an awful lot.

Now I can sew down the binding on the Arkansas Traveller quilt - my favourite part of making a quilt.

When it’s been too windy to work in the garden, the Granny Squares got some attention.

Still a quite a few more to make but having fun in the process.

unfinished

 While searching for fabrics in the stash  to make the RSC blocks, I re-discovered some unfinished projects.

This one was put aside because the large blue squares just don’t look right and I couldn’t decide how to fix it. I think looking at it know, I’m going to remove them and make some more star blocks instead. 

These are related but in this quilt top the big blue squares look okay.  More borders needed on this one.

This is the centre of a reproduction Civil War fabric quilt. The original pattern makes rather a large quilt and I stopped when I had a little anxiety about how I would manage to quilt it.

These are the blocks in the next border and they are meant to be pieced on point. Not sure if I will travel down that route but we’ll see. 

These are a pieced top - there are more blocks but I haven’t yet found the right fabric for the border. 

Plenty to keep me busy that’s for sure.

granny

 

Work continues on the Granny Squares. I’m going to need a few of these. Fabric is a layer cake of Fresh Cottons by Figtree Quilts from about 10 years ago.

Meantime I’m quilting the border on the Arkansas Traveller quilt. Saw this design on a YouTube video. I think it’s going to work. Just need to work out how the sides will flow on from here.  Inspiration will strike no doubt.