Welcome to 2022

 My hydrangeas are already changing colour - love it when this happens
and we have the muted antique tones.

So, here we are into another year and I hope we all stay happy, healthy and safe and
can make lots of quilts!

In a previous post I showed the beginnings of a quilt for our eldest grandson
here below

I loved the way I had set up the border but still wasn't happy with the Plus blocks,
I spent ages faffing around and in the end decided to 'close the door' on this
particular design and begin again. The border pieces are saved for use in a future project.

A book by Jen Kingwell had interested me a few months ago

and this quilt in particular

but I wanted more colour, especially for the two solids, shown above
as a grey and mustardy colour. I also had a few doubts about the 

patterned squares, as I often do I changed a few things around.

My choice for the solids shown below

and I decided on the large squares to be 16 patch, bearing in mind that

there would be some waste.

However, I went ahead. The triangles are actually sewn on as squares and then

cut on the diagonal, I decided to sew another line 1/2" from the centre

in order to have mini blocks after cutting between the two stitched lines.

Here are three finished sample blocks along with a side rectangular piece

and I also have the left over mini pieces below

Apart from playing with this new project I've been carrying on with reorganising

my fabric storage and generally having a tidy up in my room here, also

listing future projects and deciding which of the few already in the works

will reach the finish line first!

So, back to work now in a beautifully air-conditioned room escaping

the terrific heat outside! See you next week.

Maureen