{"id":33008,"date":"2016-07-07T05:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=33008"},"modified":"2016-07-07T07:04:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:04:31","slug":"revisit-proj-stepping-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/revisit-proj-stepping-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Projects: Stepping Stones #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stepping Stones: July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even though I am planning to work on the Peacock, I am still going to show you the projects I revisted and tell you my thoughts about them.<\/p>\n

The Stepping Stones was the first project to go up once the Food Quilt #3<\/a> was off the design wall. My other design wall<\/a> where the blocks have been staring at me for weeks is just not big enough to get a good view of all<\/em> of the blocks. I really thought I would work on this project next, but the Peacock called to me when I put it up.<\/p>\n

This project needs more blocks. I think adding five more blocks along the bottom will be enough. It is a good leaders and enders project, so I will sew the new blocks while I work on the Peacock. After that, the center will be large enough. I want to finish off the secondary designs, which means adding a similar border to the one I designed for my previous Stepping Stones quilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I have said many times, the photos in the book<\/a> aren’t that good, so it is hard to figure out what part of the design should be emphasized.\u00a0The edging blocks on the previous Stepping Stones were all different from the center blocks.<\/p>\n

In my first version, the “ladders” are much more prominent. In the blue\/aqua version, the stars seem to stand out. My colors on this version are a lot more distinctive. My first version was less murky than the book, but more so than this blue\/aqua combination.<\/p>\n

Here is a comparison of the two quilts\/tops:<\/p>\n