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I admit, I feel like a complete slacker when it comes to comparing my quilting efforts with the quilters whose blogs I follow. My quilts make infinitismally small progress from week to week, while they seem to whip up a complete quilt in a matter of hours. I really don't know how they do it!
Anyway, it's WIPWednesday Thursday Friday and I have made a leetle progress this week!
Got my half-yard of each fabric in the Berry colourstory of the Sanctuary collection for my Sanctuary Kaleidoscope:
Sliced and diced them over the weekend and during the week, and started laying them out:
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I'm thinking that I either need more browns or more whites. The problem is that there's essentially no 'middle ground' when it comes to the browns: it's either completely brown or mostly brown, but no half-and-half the way there is with the pinks, or even the orange or yellow fabrics, which makes them stand out very starkly in the midst of the pattern. *scratches head*
It's presently 8 blocks long by 9 blocks wide, and I'm wondering if it should be 9 blocks by 9 blocks...except that would mean needing another cutting spree to get the requisite number of blocks. Cue Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader: "NOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Maybe I could just make a border for it? *looks hopeful*
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In the meantime, WIP #2 is the Supernova Quilt-Along from over at Freshly Pieced. Which got to four blocks and stalled.
4 down, 12 to go. If I were doing the 9-block, I'd be half done! Damn my large-size quilting ambitions!
I did spend a great deal of Sunday watching Fringe (great TV show) and drawing diagonals on my white squares, though, so that's one less thing to do for that. Now I just have to get a move on with the other 12 blocks...
But they do look very nice when laid out!
Click on pic for bigger version
One thing I'm thinking about, though: see how the blue block has some nice stark contrasts between the dark and the light blues, while both the green-and-gold and gold-and-red blocks don't? I'm thinking of switching the inner nine-patch around so there's a little more contrast between the centre blocks and the radii. Not sure about the final effect, may have to lay it all out for study before finalising the blocks.
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UFOs: Still to finish the binding:
* Suds and Vern's quilt - bali popboxes.
UFOs: Still to bind:
* Chris and Kate's quilt - Double Irish Chain.
* Shaz and A's quilt - Sunshine And Lollipops in North Wind.
* my own quilt - stack-and-whack "cathedral windows"
USOs: in the planning stages:
* an engagement gift for my stepbro and his fiancee: a set of prettified sheets.
Did I mention that April is insane?
Anyway, it's WIP
Got my half-yard of each fabric in the Berry colourstory of the Sanctuary collection for my Sanctuary Kaleidoscope:
Sliced and diced them over the weekend and during the week, and started laying them out:
Click on pic for bigger version
I'm thinking that I either need more browns or more whites. The problem is that there's essentially no 'middle ground' when it comes to the browns: it's either completely brown or mostly brown, but no half-and-half the way there is with the pinks, or even the orange or yellow fabrics, which makes them stand out very starkly in the midst of the pattern. *scratches head*
It's presently 8 blocks long by 9 blocks wide, and I'm wondering if it should be 9 blocks by 9 blocks...except that would mean needing another cutting spree to get the requisite number of blocks. Cue Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader: "NOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Maybe I could just make a border for it? *looks hopeful*
--
In the meantime, WIP #2 is the Supernova Quilt-Along from over at Freshly Pieced. Which got to four blocks and stalled.
4 down, 12 to go. If I were doing the 9-block, I'd be half done! Damn my large-size quilting ambitions!
I did spend a great deal of Sunday watching Fringe (great TV show) and drawing diagonals on my white squares, though, so that's one less thing to do for that. Now I just have to get a move on with the other 12 blocks...
But they do look very nice when laid out!
Click on pic for bigger version
One thing I'm thinking about, though: see how the blue block has some nice stark contrasts between the dark and the light blues, while both the green-and-gold and gold-and-red blocks don't? I'm thinking of switching the inner nine-patch around so there's a little more contrast between the centre blocks and the radii. Not sure about the final effect, may have to lay it all out for study before finalising the blocks.
--
UFOs: Still to finish the binding:
* Suds and Vern's quilt - bali popboxes.
UFOs: Still to bind:
* Chris and Kate's quilt - Double Irish Chain.
* Shaz and A's quilt - Sunshine And Lollipops in North Wind.
* my own quilt - stack-and-whack "cathedral windows"
USOs: in the planning stages:
* an engagement gift for my stepbro and his fiancee: a set of prettified sheets.
Did I mention that April is insane?
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