Monday, September 7, 2015

Playing with blocks...



 Now that school has started, I probably won't be posting as much as I have less time to do all things quilty. But I did get most of the new Circle and Spin series quilt ( I really need to name it!) almost quilted. I have a couple more rows to do today and then on to the binding. I think I made the binding a few weeks ago when I sewed the backing together, so now I need to find it so I can finish it!


Since my design wall is in my kitchen ( my house has too many doors and windows and no large wall space), I look at and rearrange blocks as I come and go. I also cut on the kitchen island so it all works out. Since I haven't been sewing this week, these Curvy Log Cabin blocks have been on the wall since I finished them after my demo of the Curvy Log Cabin Trim Tool by Creative Grids at Cut Up and Quilt last week. I have been playing with the layout of the blocks a bit. You can use any layout that you would for a log cabin quilt, plus some circular ones you wouldn't.


 I really like this curvy zigzag a lot! I need to make some more blocks so that I can make something at least baby quilt size, so I have time to figure out what I want to do.

 Before the demo, I made three split circles using a pattern that Creative Grids puts out. I like this too! For these blocks, I used the same color for each round, so it doesn't look as much like a log cabin.

I will probably make something combining both sets of colorings, so stay tuned!

I have also been working on a quilt for a challenge, so I can't post pictures of it yet. Eventually....

3 comments:

QuiltShopGal said...

Love your fabrics and colors. Fun to see the blocks laid out in different ways. I'm sure what ever you go with will be absolutely beautiful and I'm looking forward to seeing it.

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Karen said...

Love the curvy zigzag! They almost look like hearts. Fun colors too!

Chris H said...

I hope you are enjoying being back teaching again. The curvy zig zag looks amazing!