the square deal triangles circa 1974
2008
(looking gorgeous in Urban Chiks 1974)
Isn’t it funny how when you look at a quilt you may see one thing, and then later it becomes something else entirely.
When I began measuring and cutting my squares to make a 36 inch Square Deal, all I could see was half square triangles.
Then I saw some flying geese …
Then I saw a cacophony of red and white …
And then when I began to quilt, I finally saw the squares! So I quilted my way out, round and round the every-growing squares.
I might add, I thought my points were pretty cool in this quilt, until I began quilting it. Hmmm … some of the squares’ lines were more wonky-wonky rather than straighty-straighty!
But I sure have red, white and blue love at the moment! Next mini-quilt is going to be cream and green and orange – with a bit of Julian red of course.
On other stitchy fronts – Carolann came over and we finished up the 33 Christmas cottages for the lovely Nanette’s swap. They are now at the door, flapping their wings, waiting to fly off to Utah today! They were, however, finished lickety-split so there was plenty of time for more sewing. But I’m sad to confess, I was hogging the table – so all poor Carolann got to do was get out her quilt pieces … (don’t look Tory!)
and then work her way through a pile of interiors magazines. I did tell her to shove some stuff out of the way, but she was quite engrossed …
At least now we know what to do with chairs that cannot be sat on anymore. Country Homes tells us to line them up in the hallway and place baskets of wild flowers on them – the dogs would love that, we’d have wild flowers strewn from one end of the house to the other, and Julian would fall over them when he comes home each night! World of Interiors tells us to hang them from the ceiling in the kitchen – awesome – cooking with concussion! And Australian Country Style tells us to simply stack them in the corner of a room where the paint is peeling and the plaster chipped to create an East Heads West look – I don’t even know what that means!
I think we’ll leave the broken chairs downstairs … until the next hard rubbish day and then we can place them artfully on the footpath.
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I love that fabric but I couldn’t think of anything to do with it. Wow this quilt is so pretty. I love the depth of it. Well done.
Yayy blocks!!! Can’t wait.
How about cleverly placing a thick layer of dust on a child’s chair hanging from the wall near the ceiling????? Is that good for anything stylish????
And another lovely little quilt!
love this, love the fabric! can’t wait to see it quilted.
I love the flying geese. I have yet to try this.
LOL! It took ma a while to see the squares too! The quilting looks perfect! That new machine is pretty dreamy, huh?!
red and blue is my favorite color combination, and i love the flying geese; they work perfectly with the colors. it’s very stimulating to the eye. that one shot of the cacophony made me squint just a little bit! so lovely. i have serious quilt envy right now.
Oooh, your 1974 blocks are so fun! I made a quilt with this fabric too and it was a blast to work with. The retro look is fab!
What a dotty quilt! The colours look so warm. It is good that winters are so cold in Finland! We only have to put old broken chairs outside and soon they look so pretty covered with snow and after heavy snowing nobody can see them any more before spring! LOL!
Love those fabrics!
I thought old chairs were meant for holding stacks of quilts.
Beautiful quilt! I just nominated you for a blog award- see my blog!
This is so lovely! And by the way, I would love to see more of your beautiful stitched stockings!
I love the spots and the fabric – simply love it – even might bravely say it might be one of my favorites so far ;-) Really hope you are well x
I really like how your quilt turned out. Love the fun fabric you choose and the pattern is really neat.
Love what you do
I love your little red and white quilt. Those 1974 fabrics are gorgeous.
What a great blog you have made. I really enjoyed it. Thankyou. Here is mine if you want to look. http://patchesquiltworks.blogspot.com
Looks like you two had a great day.
cheers
Christine
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