Wheel of Fortune

I'm happy to report a quilt completion -- they are rare here these days!

I finished up my Wheel of Fortune project and I'm pleased with how it turned out.  Even though it's scrappy -- quite a few fabrics there! -- I feel like everything came together nicely and I have a good cohesive result.  I'll spend the next couple of evenings stitching the binding to the back, and then return to hand quilting my Bramble Blooms quilt. 

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Wheel of Fortune

I've had such a lot of down time this winter, so many sick days!  But now the season is turning to spring, the days are longer and brighter, and I'm finally feeling like I have enough energy to spare that I can spend time out in the studio.

Wheel Of Fortune has been neglected for a month now, but the blocks are finally complete, and I'm ready to add the borders.

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Wheels of Fortune

More blocks, and a nice paisley for a border.

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Wheels of Fortune

Enough blocks pieced now that my 'controlled scrappy' plan begins to be apparent.

Each block has 45 pieces.  Many of these foulard-style French Provencial prints are directional, making for a thoughtful cutting and sewing experience.

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Friday

Back at it with my red and blue fabrics -- I got the jumble from the other day folded and sorted so I could make better decisions about choosing a project. 

The darker blues seemed more interesting to me today, so I settled on a block to work with and did some color pairings.

I got a test block cut and laid out -- the dark blues and reds will be different for each block, and the light background and light blue points will be constants.  This looks good to me, so all systems go for quilt #1.

Light sashing to come.

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And if I keep my momentum going, I'll use the lighter blue fabrics in a second quilt, details to be worked out later.  

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Meandering

January is passing quickly.  I'm always appreciative of these simple quiet days after the busy cluttered holiday season.  I'm not participating in any new sew-alongs this year, preferring instead to work on my own areas of interest at my own pace.  I'm up-to-date with my only two current ongoing projects -- Phoebe's Favorite and Bramble Blooms.  So my decks are clear for something new!

I've decided that I'm in the mood for doing some traditional piecing and for using an assortment of French General fabric that I've had stowed away for quite a while.  I have two tubs full of this fabric style, at one time sorted and organized into reds, blues, yellows, greens and pinks -- but both tubs were in a bad jumble.  I've settled on working with the reds and blues.  The last time I had this fabric collection out and active was back in 2022 for the Brackman American Stars BOM, and prior to that I used it for this pretty quilt that has since been gifted away.  

I want to make a red and blue quilt that is NOT patriotic -- these are soft traditional prints with nary a star or stripe or eagle in sight!  Further organizing and planning to come ...

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