I'm actually in Milwaukee visiting DD for her 26th birthday but I did sew ahead a little bit to share.
I started a pink and brown set of 4 patches using the 3.5 inch strips. Here are the fabrics I was thinking about using.
The 4 patches are the easy part of my design. I picked cats because I feel cats have been neglected at Bell Creek Quilts...
The 4 patches on the design wall...
...and with the cats.
Oh! I'm NOT liking this. So I pulled the cats off and dipped into my ISPY stash.
Our bear BooBoo made the trip with me and I brought my bin of green scraps. In my spare time at the hotel, I've been pressing and cutting my scraps. I usually just use the scraps as is from my bins but this time I want to make a Duckworth Scrap quilt (see you tube video here and a blog post here). I first 'saw a Duckworth' on FB Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts Group...it's a private group so I can't link to it.) A Duckworth needs a little more controlled organization than I usually do. :)
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
5 comments:
You are probably going to find the perfect print to go with those 4-patches - when you least expect to. The cat print is cute, and will be awesome with some different colors. We all experience those projects where our fabric choices just don't play as well together as we had hoped.
This is why a design wall is so important!!! You will find the right combo soon!
By the time you return to your 4 patches you will figure out what they need, sometimes we just need that break. Those Duckworth quilts have taken the quilting world by storm!
I wonder how the four-patches would look if you used HSTs for the alternate blocks.....I'm on SQE, too, and I so admire all the Duckworth quilts.
Hope your visit is going well. I like both of your 4-patch versions. If your not happy with it, what about paring the cat blocks with a tone on tone and use the four patches as a pieced border? Hope you find a solution that works for you.
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