Slowly. But now I seem to have ADD. I put Old Town in time-out for a while and turned my attention to the Asian 4-patches that I've been mindlessly making. As I worked on them I thought about how I might use them. I pulled a book of block designs off the shelf, looking for something that used 4-patches and found a block that would be easy to make. All I needed was an acceptable alternate fabric for two solid squares. This lovely large-scale print would be perfect!
The block will measure 8" finished so I set about planning a 7 x 9 block layout. I won't go into detail, but I failed to take into account that my block has two 4-patches and two squares in it so when I counted squares in my sketch I counted only 32 4-patches. Yep, 32 4-Ps short! That was about two more days of work. I had hoped to use the print for the alternate blocks but don't have enough after making 32 more half blocks. In the meantime, I have put them up on the design wall and will mull over the arrangement while I wait for the new alternate block fabric to arrive.
That's half the blocks. I plan to relocate those blue blocks to the center of the quilt as they are the only bright color. Apologies for my awful photos. The lighting in the bed/sewing room is not the best and my hands aren't the steadiest.
In the meantime, I got to thinking about the annual Stay at Home Round Robin. I participated in the initial one during Covid and thoroughly enjoyed the process. I was trying to decide on my initial block when I came across a partially finished orphan in my UFO boxes. So that was my task yesterday.
All that was left to do were those blankety-blank inset seams. It will finish at 14". I wanted something that wouldn't have HSTs or 4-Ps in it because they are often in the rounds that will be announced in the coming weeks. I'm excited to see what's next.
Go to Quilting Gail for more information. It's not too late to join in!
I think ADD is floating in the air and trying to sneak into our houses. I can't imagine working on one project at a time and actually finishing it. I have 4 in progress right now and I'm thinking about what else I could be making.
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty double 4 patches - very soothing colors! I like your star for the SAHRR center, too. It looks like it was complicated to make!
ReplyDeleteI have seen the Old Town Mystery and I think I would have a hard time sticking to it - I think I almost always have 3 things I am working on at time and knitting/crocheting too - that must be why I never seem to finish the yarn projects.
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