I had hoped to show you a finished quilt by now, but that is not yet to be. Perhaps over the weekend I will finish. Despite being off of work, I have been quite busy this week and whenever I haven’t been busy, I have been laying on the couch or face planted in bed. Neither of those activities are conducive to finishing the DPW! ERGH!
Still, I have to remind myself that there are no prizes for finishing and the process is important. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Finally, all the blocks I am going to make are finished. I am pleased with the blocks. They look fun, are a bit off and not my usual style. The background adds to that idea. I am wondering if this is stretching my fabric choices. If so, then this quilt pattern was a good one to use to stretch, because I wasn’t in love with it.
Don’t get me wrong. It is a fun project, but I didn’t have a good reason for doing it, so using fabrics I wouldn’t normally use was a good thing. It also used up the Mod Century layer cake which was an impulse buy and not slated for another project. I also used that grey background, which was sort of an unfortunate purchase (online), but worked out for this project.
I really enjoy seeing what other people are making with the same pattern and this project was no exception. There is a lot of variety in the DPW projects the Twilters are making and it is interesting to watch.
I am really glad I had little bits of this fabric to work with. I don’t think it ever caught my attention in a quilt store, but I like the different prints and think the shapes and colors are interesting.
I think the border will be very interesting. You’ll have to wait a bit to see that as the piece is in such disarray at the moment as to prevent me from taking a photo that would be anything but embarrassing. Soon, trust me.
The bad news is that I probably won’t have enough background fabric to finish the borders. I am going to look around and see if I have more. If I do, I certainly want to dig it out and use it, but if not, I will find something else. No, it won’t be the same, but I want to use what I have on hand.
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Umm, I don’t know why the background purchase was unfortunate, but I guess our tastes differ since I love that fabric! I think it works great with the layer cake you chose. I hope you’ll have enough to make it as a border, if not, I can imagine a plain light gray color, and then something happy and busy again. I’m really looking forward to see what you’ll come up with!
The background isn’t unfortunate for THIS project, but it was unfortunate for the other project
I love the background fabric, too! It gives a *lot* of movement to the piece.
Pretty sure I have at least a bit of that in my prodigious stash….shall I take a looksee? You’re welcome to whatever I have of it!
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Thanks so much for your offer! I went with what I had and it has a certain look that is growing on me.