These month's block inspired me to pull out some scrappy swap Flying Geese units and put them together into blocks like ours. The FG units are 3 by 6 inches (finished); my blocks are 9 inches (finished size).
I mostly put them together into monochromatic blocks with light-medium-dark flying geese triplets. It was fun putting them together because the swap was on of those "anything goes" kind of things and I had all kinds of fabrics represented. I made a few extra geese, including some from some of the jewel tone fabrics that were still on my work table. I added the same tan fabric strips to all my blocks. As you can see the look is completely different . . . but still pretty interesting (or at least, I think so ;-)
I haven't decided yet on borders. In my mind, I'm flip-flopping between more scrappiness in a pieced border, a simple darker fabric frame, or a combination of both. I'll let you know how it turns out . . . the cats just want me to decide and stop using THEIR bed as a design wall and to put the flannel quilt back on it so they can crawl under it and have a warm, cuddly cat nap ;-)
I seriously love these blocks! I like jewel tones, but I am a very traditional quilter and the scrappier the better I say! These are great!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think sometimes we forget that even if we don't like the colorway for the lotto, the block might be good for something else in another color . . . or if the fates are unkind and we don't win, we could make some more blocks for ourselves from scraps pretty quickly.
ReplyDeleteI also love what you've done with these blocks! It's subtle and beautiful!
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Oh Sophie you are just so talented! I love the scrappy geese and how you "tamed" them with the tan. I can't wait to see how you finished it!
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