Summer Snowballs: Using up leftovers is continuing.....
[please ignore this old, stained June Taylor pressing board ;000]
I had cut a whole lot of solid 3.5" squares and small triangles a while
back when I made my first big snowball quilt....
that turned into this,
now waiting for a backing....
I used a square by square controlled color scheme in that one...with just blue and white corners....
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Meanwhile these leftovers are random--
with a predominance of beige and black squares
and both solid and batik triangles...
here are the next four using green centers
ready to be sewn together...
I love making snowballs- most especially because
I can trim them up using scissors....
thus avoiding the dreaded rotary cutter...
just a few solids left,
but..............
A whole lot of batiks...
As usual, I am sewing "without a net" and don't know how this will
end up...but making the parts is so joyous....
I love this randomness; and the way that
things happen and
color combos pop up unexpectedly..
I have a LOT of black and beige solid squares so they will be the
main feature in some way.....
And I figure mostly of the batiks will corner them...
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Tonight's dinner will be hot dogs on the grill with coleslaw and
french fries...easy meal for a hot, humid day....it is really overcast
and very "close" feeling out there...luckily we have AC to keep
us cool and comfortable--
Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (dreaming of cool breezes -euse)
Remember this string star piece.....
Well, I have quite a few squares leftover....and in keeping with my "finish it up"
mode I am working on this piece.....
I sewed 12 little blocks together for a table runner...but it is not really big enough
as it stands here.....
SO.....
I am making some string strips for the borders....using:
these leftover strings....from the star quilting project...(I always seem to make many
more than I end up using )
and I've finished one strip (in two 20 minute sessions yesterday) ;)))
I have been hoarding uhhh saving these special little pieces....
Little art prints...
Using leftovers and some French script fabrics
to piece this long string strip for either side...
I am figuring that since the original "ojo di dios" blocks are made on muslin, I want the borders to also be the same weight...and so, these strips--
And since the center block is light and the rest are darkish, I am making the strips light on either side and will do dark top borders...
I really love strip quilting and am going to be trying to use leftover strips for a while as my method of choice....
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This idea came to me during an afternoon nap- (say what?)
-I often fall asleep thinking about my projects...what is it they say?
"Sleep on it"...works for me!!;)))
That's the story around here....
hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (stripping-euse)