FOTY 2017 on the Design Wall

FOTY 2017 Begins
FOTY 2017 Begins

I am still a little bit a loose ends with quilts. Not sure why, but there it is. That doesn’t mean I am not working. I am. I am working on bags, but I thought it would be a good idea to have something other than an empty design wall in my studio while I worked. FOTY 2017 came to mind. I’d like to get it out of the Hunting & Gathering stage and to Colleen sometime before I am 80.

I was thinking subway tiles. I have been worried for awhile that the patches were too big and wouldn’t fit on the design wall. When I saw the stack of patches, I thought that I might actually get them all on the wall for once. No such luck. The white and grey stacks as well as a few light pinks and violets are still on my cutting table.

I did an ok job getting the colors up that I could fit. Not perfect, but ok. There is a lot of moving around that has to happen before I can start sewing.

I like the size of the patches and don’t really want to cut them down, but that means that I have to figure out a different way to arrange them. The design is simply not large enough. Right now I am toying with the idea of getting a section arranged, sewing it together, then working on the next section. I just don’t think I have it in me to cut up all those patches.

The Friday creativity posts will return soon.

Finished: Mostly Manor Lozenge Quilt

Mostly Manor Lozenge Quilt Finished!
Mostly Manor Lozenge Quilt Finished!

Yay! I finished a quilt on the first of the year! In fairness, most of the work was done last year and I just had the binding to sew on. I couldn’t quite finish it in 2017, so it counts as my first finish for 2018. 😉

I started cutting this last year after buying the layer cake at QuiltCon in 2016.

I made the top, as you might recall, at the Quilt Retreat relatively quickly.

Now it is done and I will take it to Portland with me next week. It is a gift for one of the people that helps out the YM.

Mostly Manor Lozenge Quilt back
Mostly Manor Lozenge Quilt back