I have all sorts of decisions to make....
The look of paralyzed indecision:
So I am stuck... and the other four pineapple blocks await a verdict before I proceed...
Tomorrow we will get our next assignment. It is never too late to join in - pattern available for purchase here and sales benefit the Virginia Quilt Museum. I've never been there, but I'm a huge fan of quilt museums!
The leaves on the Japanese maple are just about to turn...
xo
Cynthia
I think it would make a super pot holder style project! Hmmm...maybe a little red between each block...or green, or...
ReplyDeleteDawn thank you for your vote of confidence. I am auditioning reds and purples for the bindings...... Meanwhile I'm in awe of your beautiful hand appliqué!
DeleteIt might be fun to give it a try and certainly looks doable! Your house blends right in with all the autumn colors--beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBarbara, thank you! Yes I think I will give it a try - having finished up the hand quilting on that first block during trick or treating...: our house loves the fall, for sure!
DeleteI love the paper blocks you made to choose your design layout!
ReplyDeleteI too will quilt my blocks individually and think your Potholder style would be a wonderful approach to this quilt!
Your home looks beautiful against that stunning Autumn background!
Thank you "aunt Reen" and yes..... I think I may as well use the potholder method! It will be my first time and sounds like a LOT of binding...... but, I will give it a shot;). I may change the layout but wanted to get a feel for what it might look like without the "outlier" rainbow and Liberty blocks...
DeleteI love the style of your home. I had a salt box in Illinois and it was butterscotch. It looks cozy and warm.
ReplyDeleteI say "go for it" on the potholder style for your project.
I use the same, cut and rearrange designing ;)
Thanks Barb! I do love that warm yellow - so pretty in any season.
DeleteWell, you know what I will vote for! I think you will really enjoy doing the potholder method. It's funny, but my least favorite part of quilting is the binding and yet I am now on my 12 potholder quilt! I think the binding is so much easier in smaller blocks that on a daunting queen size quilt. My next decision will be what to bind my cheddar blocks with. I will be posting for suggestions when I get to that stage. Have fun with these, yours are beautiful! and BTW, I love your layout. I'm not in love with the rainbow myself, but my favorite is the Liberty Tree and in fact want to make a whole quilt of Liberty Tree blocks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement Wendy! I was just at NEQM today (to help with switching exhibits - so fun!) and mentioned it to Pam Weeks (who as you know, literally wrote the book) and she gave me permission to sew the bindings just as I would normally - by machine and with mitered corners - tacked back by hand - so I will do that - it's a go!! I too love that Liberty Tree block - on its own especially and yes wouldn't a forest of them make a FUN quilt!
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