Saturday, October 12, 2013

Phew, here's a weight off my mind

Don't worry Amy, I have made progress on your Christmas block and have the HST's all trimmed.  But I did need to finish the charity blocks first as they were laid out on my cutting mat!

My starting point was the bright green tree fabric.  And I liked these Winged Squares that I found on this blog (during quiet time) and around Pinterest.  So I thought I'd experiment and combine them.   I have made a couple of errors by sewing two of the scrappy HST's of the same colour right next to each other and was too lazy to unpick them.

I have decided that the one's I made are really too busy in reality.  I think it is the flecked fabric I used as the background - it doesn't disappear enough.  Also the tree pattern in the middle doesn't really work as a bi-colour central square that during quiet time's blocks use very effectively.

Oh well, lesson learned.  I hope you can slot them into the charity quilt Jennifer.
 
Anthea

4 comments:

  1. Those blocks are lovely, Anthea. Your colour choices are great and from the photo the background looks as if it works really well.
    Linsay.

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  2. Look at you making up your own block pattern! Great job, Anthea. They will fit in perfectly with the others. They are colorful and fresh. Thank you!
    xoJennifer

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  3. Well you know, I like the brightness of your blocks Anthea, especially that fleck fabric.

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