Sunday 8 April 2012

Finish A Long - 2nd Quarter

I enjoyed finishing stuff last quarter thro Rhonda's Finish A Long, so I went to my UFO drawer (yes, labelled and everything!!) to see what I could tackle this quarter.
I have a few small quilt tops and rather a lot of blocks........my problem is samples. In class I will probably have a finished sample but choose to make another along with the classes.Sometimes (quite often) these further samples end up as forlorn, forgotten UFOs.
I reckon if I had possessed good foresight when I started teaching then I might have decided upon a colour palette and stuck with it for all sample blocks, in the hope that one day I might make something useful from them.....
.....anyway, I have dug out all these poor blocks in blues.....
 These awful blocks were samples of different applique methods to 4 different classes.
 A beginners' 9 patch and how to make multiple HSTs.........
 Oh, these pre-date my classes and were a stab at scrappy piecing...
 Foundation piecing demo.............
     Leftovers from the year we did "Log cabin with attitude"....................
 Some plaiting, and a couple of spare hsts.....
The beginnings (and end) of my "Victory Quilt"


So what am I planning?? Well, a couple of weeks ago my friend Janet lent me this book -

Janet has just shown me this cushion that she has been inspired to make after reading the book - isn't it just fab?

The book was so interesting - I was particularly taken with the chapter on breathing new life into old blocks.
So, I am going to take my rotary cutter to the above blocks and inject some of this........
and see what I end up with!! Wish me luck.

10 comments:

  1. Ooh that looks exciting Sheila! Love the yummy green!

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  2. Oh I cannot wait to see what you come up with this time. It sounds like a wonderful plan!

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  3. Yay for rehousing orphaned blocks, looking forward to seeing where they all end up!

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  4. Go for it! It is better to put them to use than give them house room as an UFO! Looking forward to see what you do. Di xo

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  5. Wowza - can't wait to see how this turns out!
    Happy Easter x

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  6. That green is wonderful, I look forward to seeing the result. That is a fun book.

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  7. Can't wait to see the results - Janet's cushion is brilliant! Will you be exhibiting it on 22 April?

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  8. This looks great fun - I hate to see sad unloved blocks

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  9. I can't wait to see how this turns out!!!

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  10. Ooo good luck, I look forward to seeing what you come up with! :)

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