Yesterday, I enjoyed some more piecing on those Evening Star blocks after I got a quick haircut. Here I am all gawjus!
I don't have a "before" picture, but trust me, I looked as overgrown as Beethoven!
A torn ligament in my left ankle has made it uncomfortable to do too much standing and pressing if I'm tired, so there was a backlog at the ironing board.
This morning when I was fresh, I tackled it. Here are a few of the scrappy double four-patch quilt blocks.
I guess that at this stage they should be called 16-patches, right? They continue to be a leader/ender project for me as I make the Evening Stars. If you wish to see what I plan to use them in, look here:
http://www.maryquilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Easy-Double-4-patch.pdf
I showed some of them to my dear friend Judy Sigsworth and she suggested that I begin sprinkling in a bit of red into some of the Evening Stars. That was a capital idea! I decided to add some bright cheddars, too. Here are the new results:
A lot of these are Civil War reproductions that were scraps leftover from cutting nickels for my swap group over at Yahoo Groups, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nickelswap/.
I own a ton of Civil War stuff but I am guilty of thinking it is too precious to cut into!!! But I love how it looks in these very traditional blocks.
A torn ligament in my left ankle has made it uncomfortable to do too much standing and pressing if I'm tired, so there was a backlog at the ironing board.
http://www.maryquilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Easy-Double-4-patch.pdf
I showed some of them to my dear friend Judy Sigsworth and she suggested that I begin sprinkling in a bit of red into some of the Evening Stars. That was a capital idea! I decided to add some bright cheddars, too. Here are the new results:
I own a ton of Civil War stuff but I am guilty of thinking it is too precious to cut into!!! But I love how it looks in these very traditional blocks.
3 comments:
Wow--I love your star blocks! I may *need* to start (another) new project! :-O
I love how you are playing around with the position of the lights and darks in your star blocks. They really sparkle.
Yeppers - gawjus it is! MY date to get gawjus is Monday - thank goodness!
Your stars as so pretty -- wondering where you're going with the too-neat 16 patches, but I'll be watching, like always.
Stay cool! I have almost moved permanently to the basement - lets see, computer, bathroom, bedroom TV, desk for sewing -- notice anything I need? NO KITCHEN! LOL
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