Round 4 of the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin) was flying geese. Of course I foundation paper pieced my geese, so much more accurate, for me anyway.
Each individual goose finishes at 2" by 3". I drew my own piecing papers.
An added challenge to my SAHRR quilt is I pulled all the light background orphan blocks from the orphan box and adding them into my quilt. This quilt is going to be charity quilt so the size needs to be 60" by 80".
I took a picture to show you my progress. The picture has a yellow tint and looks better in real life. Those are shadows in the very top row.
These rows are 60" wide. I added the height of each row, they added up to 56", just 24" more to go! There are still plenty of orphans to be used.
This won't be the most beautiful quilt I've ever made but it will keep someone warm who needs a comfort quilt, that's the important thing.
Last December a friend and I went to a quilter's home who was preparing to move and was downsizing her fabric stash. While sorting through the fabrics, someone handed me a medium sized tub and told me "this looks like it belongs to you".
I opened it and it was full of blue fabrics! My love of blue is very well known. Most of fabrics I'm using in this quilt are from that tub. It's fun to be using new to me fabrics.
Linking to SAHRR Linky party, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Peacock Party, Whoop Whoop Party, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
Love your flying geese. Love blue too! Your top is coming along nicely and I for one think it does look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI like your quilt, Gretchen. Lots of interest in there. Lots of piecing. All quilts dont have to be a traditional style. Actually, I get bored with some of those that are all one block and one color throughout.
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a good way for your friend to downsize her fabric stash and for you to increase yours! I find flying geese hard to keep accurate too for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI really like how this is looking.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be fun - Love all the blues!
ReplyDeleteI’m in agreement. I like where this is going. You have a great eye for balance and the fabrics are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove the colours in your quilt, and the mix of blocks and puzzle piecing look like so much fun. It will be wonderful when it is all put together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great SAHRR you are creating. A great way to use up orphans!
ReplyDeleteWonderful fabrics in vibrant colours. Always so wonderful to visit you Gretchen and ogle your creations!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of orphan blocks combined with the SAHRR instructions. All those blocks are working very well together, Gretchen. Pretty perfect flying geese strips.
ReplyDeletePretty flying geese, and some of them look great in the charity quilt! I love the variety of blocks, and how each one has a perfect place. Fun to have the eyes dancing over the top and reading all the details!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing, and linking up ;)
I like it! My thoughts shift between Delft china design and mosaic floor design as I look at it. I'd never have guessed this outcome from your starting block, what fun to watch it evolve!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to build an Orphan Block quilt, Gretchen!!
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