The Design Wall...uh Bed

I have a design wall, but after certain decisions about a quilt are made, I use the bed. These are swap blocks from a group of Canadian quilters. The blocks have languished in a drawer for a couple of years. These are colours that I like, so I don't know what fear has been holding me back from making a quilt out of them. Finally I have started.  The first challenge was to make them all the same size.  Interesting how there are so many variations on a 12.5 inch square  :)) After that was done the blocks are 17" square
The  next challenge I found was to tie the various colours together.

String blocks are doing the job of holding the various colours together

Sew there it is ....a work in progress.  It is finished to and including the first border, made from the strings as well.  No picture....camera died on our Saturday afternoon outing. However, online purchasing is amazing, new camera enroute already.

The next challenge is to make it bigger.  Just cuz.  

Happy Monday,

gudrun

ps.  picture of my current crop of t-shirts freshly laundered sitting on the new quilt 

  I  can sure choose colours, eh!

Orca Bay Mystery Quilt

I have a new sewing machine so I need a new project (ROTFL)    I don't care for mystery quilts, but I do like this gal's quilts.    Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery Quilt instructions and pictures are here.  I am not using the same colour palette,   I am using blue for most of the red and using greens for blues.  I have the blue bits done! Undecided what will replace all the red as yet.  I also have a few prints that speak to me of  Orcsa and west coast and such  sew.....  quilting mojo is up.  YES!

I did my first 'string' piecing.  I talked with a 'string piecer' in my guild,  I know she uses fabric foundation, and that's what I am going with....hate dealing with the removal of paper.  It just ain't going to happen.
Happy Monday,


gudrun