Saturday morning I went to Saturday Sampler where we received the finishing instructions, and the new program was introduced. The 2024 program was a very modern looking asymmetrical design. The new one is going to be a row quilt. I'll share more on that some other day - after I select some fabrics for it.
The finishing instructions suggest making this quilt in 4 quadrants. That is a very practical idea as the quilt finishes 96" square. So far, I have the top left quadrant sewn together, and have the 16 blocks laid out for the top right. That will be one goal for the week - getting that second quadrant made.
My Sunday morning project was mainly spent making the extra 5 blocks for the Woven Heart UFO project discovered in my sewing room. I even used the corner trimmings to make some little Hourglass blocks that might work as cornerstones. The blocks are 15" square, so without sashing it would be 30 x 45 which is kind of long and narrow. Adding 2-3" of sashing on the sides and center would help balance that.
However, I'm also thinking that I could just use 4 of the hearts plus the cornerstones and make the baby quilt square. Notice the lime green as a possible binding to pick up on the green in the floral print. But of course that leaves 2 heart blocks leftover. They could become pillows or used in something else eventually.
What do you think? I'm kind of waffling between the 2 layouts.
For handwork this week, I plan to bind this little wall hanging. It's the UFO swap project from a couple of years ago. Hand applique and hand quilted by me. That's why it has taken so long to get to the binding stage. LOL
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3 comments:
That's a very cool Saturday Sampler. I'd probably stick with the six block layout, I'm just not a fan of square quilts.
I like the idea of the baby quilt. Maybe you could make two extra blocks and make 2 baby quilts? I have a spot in my house where I can hang long narrow quilts but I think 30" is too big for it. ;-)
Looks like Bonnie beat me as I was thinking the same thing, make 2 more hearts for 2 quilts. Looking forward to seeing your Saturday Sampler all put together to see what the center design becomes.
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