I've started to gain momentum on an old ufo. I'm quite excited about it again. Back in 2014 I started making 6 inch blocks. A friend of mine was finishing a Nearly Insane quilt and had started a Farmer's Wife quilt - both sampler style quilts made with 6 inch blocks. I just wanted to play in my scraps and make some blocks. I took block books out from the Public Library and chose blocks to make. I made quite a few blocks with no real plan in mind. And then... they got stuck in the ufo bin.
I happened upon a picture online of Carrie Nelson's Blockheads 1 quilt. It too was a sampler style quilt made with 6 inch blocks. I loved her setting. She added plain sashing around the blocks, grouped them in 4's and then sashing them again with flying geese.
So I laid out some of the blocks in groups of 4 and started making scrappy flying geese. Lots and lots of them!
So far I have the blocks grouped in 4's and sashed. I stitched strips of geese in 10's and I've started to add them. It's been a fun project to work on and I will get this to a finished top before too long. I'm still uncertain what I will put in the intersections of the flying geese. You can see the holes where carpet shows through in the top photo. I'd welcome any suggestions you might have :0)
I like it when an old project feels exciting like a new project :0)
Happy Quilting!!
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10 comments:
Great setting! It looks prefect with all your blocks. How about a simple square in a square for the sashing blocks? Dark center, light corners. Can't wait to see the finished quilt.
Great blocks Janet and you have had a very good idea to finish this Ufo !!
xoxo
What a unique setting!! I'm sort of "over" sampler quilts, unless it has a fun setting like this!!
Not sure about the center square. Maybe another little block:)
Lovely layout...
How about an hour glass block in the center?
I also was thinking square in a square! Lovely quilt!
It really is fun when a good solution is found for an old UFO that has stalled. Good for you finding the flying geese idea and following through! It's a fantastic idea!:)
What a fun and beautiful project, great to see this ufo being finished.
I have the Block Heads book and Carrie Nelson's setting is one that struck my fancy though I have done nothing about it. Yours is looking very good. Do you have to make more blocks?
Love this sashing with your blocks - beautiful!
What a beauty this is going to be.
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