Learning English Paper Piecing (May 29, 2023)
An Advance Disguised as a Setback (Jun 8, 2023)
Patchwork of the Crosses Progress (Jun 21, 2023)
New Crosses Blocks (Jul 5, 2023)
Crosses Piecing Update (Jul 16, 2023)
New Blocks, and a Layout (Jul 26, 2023)
Blocks Completed to Date (Aug 10, 2023)
New Patchwork of the Crosses Blocks (Aug 20, 2023)
Twenty-five Blocks Done! (Aug 23, 2023)
Color Twist (Sep 3, 2023)
Thirty Blocks Finished (Sep 11, 2023)
The Piecing Continues (Sep 22, 2023)
A New Layout (Oct 3, 2023)
Crosses Blocks Completed (Oct 24, 2024)
I had originally pieced seven blocks with an aqua green complement (see Color Twist), thinking I would have one aqua green block per row, there being seven rows of blocks. When I started laying out the quilt blocks, however, I decided that I would rather have all the aqua green blocks surrounding a central red block. When I tried the layout, I loved it. However, there was an odd block. I needed eight blocks with an aqua green complement to complete the surround, and I only had seven.
I thought, Well, that’s what scrappy quilts are, you make do with what you have. But it bothered me, lol. So I took out the olive green homespun and replaced those pieces with an aqua green.
And, I rearranged my aqua green blocks around the central red block.
Now I am happy. 🙂 (And you can see I have started adding the white connecting squares to the central block …)
Continued in
Planning the Crosses Quilt Top (Oct 31, 2024)
Piecing Progress (Nov 18, 2024)
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