 Seriously, I am borderline insane. My ability to make things complicated knows no bounds. Remember the Rainbow quilt scraps? There are so many of them that I knew I could make another quilt from them. I don't NEED another quilt but they are perfectly good fabrics and I like playing with them.  So I started sewing the small bits together into crumb blocks. That's no problem. But once I got them sewn together I started playing with ideas for the quilt and everything got completely out of control.  I had some big triangle pieces and played with them on the design wall a bit. I kind of like the wonky pinwheels but got stifled when I tried to figure out where to go next with the layout. So I pulled out EQ.  I saw some quilts on Pinterest that have this kind of look. Assume that the hideous stripe blocks are crumb pieced chunks. But this is way too buys and too fiddly and I don't like the gradient border (which I really want to use). I did 4 or 5 versions of this before I moved on to the next rabbit hole.  The next rabbit hole had nothing to do with my project. I was at the beach and Anne was working on a quilt design and I got involved in 10 version of this. We're still working on this one but I sure do like it!  I'm not sure even what I was thinking with this disaster. The stars would have been the scrappy fabric but it wouldn't even come close to using even half of the scraps. Oh, and it's ugly.  Then I thought about working with big blocks and I like this one a lot. The red would be the scrappy part. I tried several large blocks and liked this one the best but I realized it would be a pain to piece.  Getting back to simple I thought that maybe I'd just make some scrappy rectangles and sash them. Lame.  Then I started going through my quilt books, especially the scrap ones. I saw an antique quilt in a Roberta Horton book and saw the "O" blocks from Anne's quilt above. I like this a lot but it doesn't use enough fabric. I went through 6 more versions of the "O" block.  Then I found this in Weekend Quilts by Judy Laquidara. I actually made a kit for this quilt for a customer in another colorway. This is exactly the effect I wanted for my scrappy blocks and I can use the gradient for the border.
Hallelujah! Now I can sew again.
Tina in NJ
6/8/2017 12:15:51 pm
Several of your options, including the last one, remind me of your bead-string wall mosaic.
shirley bruner
6/9/2017 08:45:21 am
that last quilt..of judy's.....looks like the beads that you are putting on your wall in the basement. i think it's a winner. i have that book, too....and actually looked at the quilt myself last week....trying to decide what to do with some scraps. i'll wait to see how yours turns out before i commit to making one. you can be my tester. hahahaha
Gene Black
6/8/2017 04:05:35 pm
I have pieces from numerous rabbit holes I have been down. I need to finally make them all into quilts. I am thinking I will do two sided quilts to get done faster. 6/8/2017 09:02:08 pm
Omigosh - you are too funny. Overthinking is something I am all too good at - rabbit holes included. 😊
Mary Johnson
6/9/2017 12:40:56 am
I kind of went through the same process with my Ohio Star quilt. Started making blocks without a plan, realized I needed to figure out some dimensions for the quilt and see if I had enough fabric and then spent two days thinking about a pieced border and drawing out different options which was dumb because I had way too few fabrics to make it interesting and I liked the border fabric in big pieces. Finally fussy cut the borders of my directional fabric and added in pieced cornerstones and now it's ready for me to sew.
Kim S
6/9/2017 02:01:13 am
I love crumb quilts... but I do seem to end up with more scraps when I'm done! LOL
patty
6/9/2017 08:40:50 am
Oh the torture you put yourself thru! I am glad you have figured out a plan. I have been thinking about how to put together those jeans all week and on this morning's walk I think I finally have a plan. It helps that my back is against the wall and I have to get the quilt made now so I have made a decision and let it rip! Comments are closed.
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