As I said the other day in the latest donation blocks post, laying out FOTY 2015 doesn’t make for a lot of tangible production. While I enjoyed making the donation blocks, I did need a little variety and the Stepping Stones parts were handy.
I enjoy these blocks and seeing the way they will be laid out makes me very happy. Turning each on a little bit makes a huge difference.
Even though I may need the squares for the layout of the Carpenter’s Wheel blocks, I have used some of the low volume prints for the white space in these blocks. I have plenty of fabric for the [mythical] Carpenter’s Wheel layout and can always cut more.
Making a few blocks always leads to making more and the six shown give an idea of what the quilt will look like and makes me want to make more.
Based on the layout I devised for my nephew’s Stepping Stones quilt, it looks like I will only need two more blocks and then border blocks for the width. I thought I measured 8 blocks across my bed, which doesn’t account for border blocks. I want to make the border blocks to finish the design. There are two blocks around the whole edge of the previous SS quilt and I could eliminate those if I thought the width was too big. Measuring next, I think.
I am really pleased with how the blocks look. Now to get FOTY 2015 off the wall so I can layout all the blocks I have and see what I am facing. After months of feeling meh about quiltmaking, I am finally excited about several projects! Yay!
I still like to look at these blocks. A lot! I find I’m drawn to secondary patterns in a quilt. About laying the blocks out on the bed… When I was making my log cabin quilt, the blocks were about 7″ if I can remember correctly. I layed 11 of them out on the bed, and figured with the borders it’ll be big enough. Which was true, when you forget to calculate the seam allowance. Oops! 🙂 Now since the quilt is not wide enough, I have to spread it on the bed sideways 🙂 Lesson learned: Don’t neglect to calculate the seam allowance next time 🙂
Thanks for the tip!