The finished quilt top. |
A close- up of the center portion. |
The darling starlings! |
It turns out that the blocks don't permanently stick to the flannel - at night some blocks would fall to the floor, leaving me to guess where I had put them in the first place. It turned out fine (and ended up smaller than it looked on the wall), but was quite a bit more work than I had anticipated putting it together, since the design wall is in my basement, and my sewing machine is not.
When my husband saw the finished design, he said it didn't look like geese, which fly in straight lines, but rather, like starlings taking off. Hence, the name the "darling starlings." There is a little waviness in the setting blocks that I may have to fix, and then I will be putting it together soon. I'll post a picture of the quilt when finished.
In addition to finishing a new quilt top from old pieces, I also took apart an old quilt top:
The old lumpy quilt top. |
This top just didn't lie flat. The drunken path squares were fine; I had taken quite a bit of time and effort putting those together. Unfortunately, I rushed sewing them together, and decided to undertake a redo.
We recently took a road trip to Williamsburg for a family wedding, and I used the hours in the car to undo the quilt top. (Not while driving!)Taking out the seams while navigating through Pennsylvania! |
By the end of the trip, the quilt was again in little pieces. Here are the pieces, which I plan to square up, and more carefully and slowly sew back together. At some point this year, this top (now over 5 years old) will become a quilt!
The undone quilt top!
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The 6-inch squares of the Exotic Garden fabric. |
Another close-up of these fabulous fabrics. |
Take care,
Gretchen
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