I thought this would be a breeze. After all, the blocks are already made, right?
I spent most of the day yesterday just eliminating the blocks that definitely didn't go with the others.
Like I took out the blocks that had antique gold in them. And the ones that were brown. They didn't seem to go with the pinks, yellows, and purples.
I used two applique blocks that I made in 2004 or something. I bought all the patterns from a cute little shop in Fallbrook CA. But, after making two, I lost interest and then years later I put the fabrics back in the stash and gave all 12 patterns away. The big stars are from a Jan Patek quilt (Country Paths I think). The colors weren't right for the rest of the quilt. The tree and house are from Sleigh Bells by Jan Patek. The little girls are from a CW (Barbara Brackman) quilt I made that needs another border. And the flying geese are just a nice leftover.
I lucked out by having the sprig print from the tree and the green homespun from the house still in my stash so I could repeat them in a strip under the flying geese.
The thing of it is. . . it feels like it shouldn't have taken me so long to figure this out. But, again, it's not what looks good together. It's what doesn't look good together so there's a lot of auditioning.
It measures 36 1/2 square so things are divisible by 2 or 4 or 6 or 9 or 12. This is the perfect size as I work on the next border.
The thing about Orphan Quilts is, that they are very busy. There is no way to get around that.
Robin
7 comments:
Busy= a lot to look at!! A very different vibe type quilt for sure...
but a lot of fun...hugs, Julierose
Remembering all the blocks you showed us yesterday I can imagined it could take a very long time to decide which and how to put them together in a quilt. To do it in a day is amazing! I think it looks great so far. Looking forward to the borders and/or whatever you do next. I love the upper left wreath block, and the little girls.
I think you have made a great start on your orphan quilt. Quite a puzzle fitting all the different sizes together. I have a lot of “extra” blocks around here I would like to try that with.
I think you've done a great job arranging these random pretty blocks! I have never done an "orphan" quilt. It will be fun to see your next step with this (border).
I like busy! I like orphan block quilts! I love your orphan block top!
Robin, this looks GRAND!!! What a great way to use up orphan blocks! Your post really inspired me to relook at my orphan blocks! Thank you!
Oh, I love it! And, yes we do spend too much time contemplating something that would look fine either way. This is gorgeous. Glad you had a good snow/sew day!
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