Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Happy Morning

I couldn't resist moving my Depression-era repro blocks around some more (see previous post). Instead of grouping the yellow blocks in one spot I tried stretching them out along a horizontal line.



Then I thought it might be interesting to try an asymmetrical arrangement.


After living with this arrangement for a while I decided it was just too lopsided for comfort.You can see that by this time I was working all the way out to what will be the final width of the quilt, 54 inches. It really just boiled down to color placement by this time. I returned to centering the yellow blocks and keeping the Hole in the Barn Door blocks all in a line down the middle of the top.


At that point it became a matter of tweaking color placement and dealing with the corners of the outer border. I only had to make a couple of Shoofly blocks to get something I was happy with.


The quilt should finish about 54" x 66." I found a piece of pink chambray from long, long ago that works perfectly for the back (without piecing!). The original Pinwheel blocks and a few Hole in the Barn Door blocks didn't get used. They have been added to the Parts Department for future use. There are still scraps of a couple of the Depression-era prints to deal with but for the time being I've salted them back into the stash. I want to play with other colors and prints now!

4 comments:

  1. It reminds me of a lighthouse with a golden glow around the top! I like this final layout best, glad you took the time to fiddle around a bit more.

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  2. Lighthouse was my first thought too! The symmetry is so much better and the shoo fly blocks are the perfect corner touch. Your perseverance paid off.

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  3. And that is really, REALLY pretty!

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  4. luv the composition and the colors! I usually like very bright and wild improv work but this is soo calming and restful-beautiful!

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