When I bought the Moda Blitzen charm packs I really liked them in the quilt shop but, you know, it is hard to tell what they are really like when the have a paper strip around them. When I got them home and opened them up I wasn't so sure I liked them after all; I didn't care so much for all the brown and blue green. I still wasn't so sure when I sewed them into strips. After I started cutting I started to like it a lot and once I started sewing the wedges together I began to love it. I think the colors make it contemporary and the busyness of the patchwork makes it look traditional. I had kept the wide wedges in order per the instructions and put the narrow wedges in where they seem to fit. Once I started sewing everything together I kept getting my pieces mixed up so this is even more random than random (is that really possible?). I used to worry about things like that and try to devise a method (for myself) to keep everything straight but after the second or third scrap quilt I gave up. If I can't tell what is "right" then who can say it's wrong.
I like it so much I bought another 4 Charm packs to make one for a Christmas gift and I bought a Blitzen Jelly Roll to make a Jelly Roll Race quilt. There was some talk of the Basement Divas doing an annual Jelly Roll Race in January. When I got an email that one my favorite local quilt shops, JEllen's, was having a half price sale on Layer Cakes, Jelly Rolls and charm packs, I went shopping. If the Divas decide not to have the race or if there are new rules and my Jelly Roll doesn't qualify I will make it anyway and either keep it or give it away.
I am thinking about how to finish this.
Would Prairie Points be over the top?
2 comments:
Beautiful! We'll definitely do anther race in January.
Oh, Ruth, I love, love, love your tree skirt! Those Blitzen packs blend wonderfully. You did a great job with it. It seems to be a very forgiving pattern as I have proven and as you have proven as well. I don't think prairie points would be over the top at all. Thanks for showing me your beautiful tree skirt!
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