Me and my ideas. Sometimes I just have to laugh at how wrong I can be about what a quilt seems to need. This next border was supposed to kind of blend into the previous one (in my very grand imagination) but nothing was working out. All of my fabric was wrong, wrong, wrong.
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| Muddy Creek |
Oh well. I snagged this striped piece of fabric in desperation and thought, hmmm... what about this? Thankfully there was enough to use for this particular border because it all just clicked into place. Exactly what the quilt was begging for and I immediately jumped right into 'hey, for the next border I could maybe do this?' Snip, snip with some scrap fabrics to test out my ideas and well, the rest of that striped fabric is now in the scrap bin, that's how little was leftover. I'm telling you, whatever works is golden around here--I almost framed the leftovers....
I'm having a terrible time getting decent pictures of this quilt. Depending on the time of day I take the pictures, it can look very blendy and murky and at other times I can see a bit of sparkle. Bear with me on this as it's actually looking quite nice now that I've perked it up with the lighter border.*wink
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| Another border for Muddy Creek |
If you look back at the first picture, you can probably see where I'm going with this little drawing on the graph paper. I need about 20 4" blocks for the next border and the most difficult piece to get right is the curvy diamond shape.
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| Trying to draw my applique pieces |
Once I have it figured out, then I trace it onto template plastic and start cutting out my little applique pieces. Prep, prep, prep.
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| Ready to make a template |
I have my stack of fabrics all waiting and ready to go--lots of scrappiness for this quilt! Hopefully by the end of the day I will actually be doing the stitching on these sweet little blocks. Now I'm going to link up to
Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching. Love, love, love her post about our creative hands today.
