I'm still here - not sure what I've been doing with myself! Certainly, not posting anything!
Below are two unusual purses/totes I bought locally. I've seen similar at quilt shows but never expected to find them in our local gift shop! I kept one for myself.
This is Mary, one of my dear sisters-in-law, retired art teacher, at their home near Denver. Mountains in the background have only small amounts of snow, not a good thing.
This is me, my engineer brother, and my boatmaking husband during a recent visit, when weather was warm!
This is my current project, "Lady of Shallotte" on my Design Floor for tooo long, because I haven't figured how to deal with the corners and the flying geese do not fit properly - lack of planning on my part! But, I WILL figure something! This is a large quilt, folded to fit the Design Floor. I am planning on hand quilting this one.
My Quilt Guild friend Sharon and I will be working on quilt show ribbons again this year. The theme is SUN, so we are each playing in prep for a July quilt show. My first effort did not work well - waaaay too fiddly, too many wedges, too fussy, too large, etc. The ruler worked perfectly but not suitable for this project. I tried inserting little white "rays" of foldy things, more of "tooooo fussy"!
Than I tried a 45 degree ruler and cut wedges, but moved the ruler down a bit, still using a 2.5 inch strip. OK, size is better, just 8 wedges (hard to see), has possibilities. Of course, using a variety of yellow/gold fabrics would have been better. Still needs something on the back though, but it's a beginning. Yes, I dislike the center but ...
Sometimes you just have to play to find answers!
It's hard to judge size, but could you make 4 more of your center blocks and use those in the corners? Maybe with a frame of the border fabric if it's too small?
ReplyDeleteSimple solution--until I expanded your photograph to see your construction of the last picture, I thought it was two overlapping squares. That would simplify it even more!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing as Mama Joan: use four of the Lady blocks in the corners.
ReplyDeleteUmmm yummy, I need one of those totes. Love the new quilt. Hope you can find a way to incorporate the corners.
ReplyDeleteI have never futzed before! Sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteHum, you might want to try two squares on top of each other. It might give some dimension. Maybe a button for the center. Or perhaps a silk flower and then button. Have fun futzing.
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