We voted in the Illinois primary on Tuesday. It will be a long, nasty, and expensive campaign season.
Saturday was Tech Savvy , a STEM exploration program for middle school girls held at Triton College in River Grove. Pat, Janet, and I were the volunteers from the Waukegan Area Branch. We each assisted at one of the hands-on sessions and then staffed the AAUW information table.
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54 churn dash blocks arrived this week.Barb hosted the swap.
I put some of them to use in the pieced backing for the tall churn dash quilt that I showed last week.
I have been dithering about the design for my niece's wedding quilt. She and her fiance are WWII reenactors. I bought three books about WWII quilts. Nothing clicked. I decided to scrap (ha!) the vintage idea and turned my thoughts to boho (bohemian), like Kathy Doughty or Jen Kingwell. Last week Em wrote about the wedge block project she'd begun. That inspired me -- more than a lightbulb going off, more than a kick in the pants, more than I don't-know-what. I dug out the Fons & Porter wedge ruler that I had never used. I pieced strip sets. (Why did I choose 1.5" strips? The process would have gone much faster with wider strips.) Here's the result.
The wheels are 22" across. I cut big squares of the background (a soft green stripe, bought years ago for window valances). The stripes alternate horizontal/vertical. I need to swap out some of the wedges to distribute color placement (example: too many darks at the lower right Iedge of the center block).
I will need to refer to someone's instructions to attach the wheels to the background and finish the hole in the center. Sashing or not? Border or not? What do you think?
I counted so carefully. How did I get extra wedges?
I trimmed the cut-off edges of the strip sets and have a scrappy something-or-other underway.
Monday linkups:
Design Wall Monday
Oh Scrap
Monday Making
Moving It Forward
I have always wanted to try one of those wedge quilts. I love that yours is so bright and colorful. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteLove the scrappy wheels. I wouldn't change a thing and you don't need to worry about the darks on the edge of that center block. Only you, the maker, would notice something like that. It just blends into the harmony of the quilt. I bet it was fun to put all those fabrics together.
ReplyDeleteYour wedge quilt is amazing!
ReplyDeleteOne and a half inch? I had to laugh! Great idea and great scrap buster. And look at you, using up the leftovers right away!
ReplyDeleteI really like your circles! I wouldn't t worry about moving pieces around. You're likely the only one who would notice. Try standing back 10 feet, squinting and look at the whole quilt! Bet you find it looks great! I've been wanting to do that Jen Kingwelll quilt so I guess I need to shop for a wedge ruler!
ReplyDeleteLove your boho scrappy wheels! I suggest no sashing, narrow border of pieced strips like in your scrappy project, then final border of the background. Applique circles over the centers should finish off the wheels nicely.
ReplyDeleteLove what you are doing with your wedges! Aren't they tons of fun?!
ReplyDeleteThe wedges are just fine as they are! The pieces are so small it looks like confetti pizza wheels. Congratulations on the book bonanza, too!
ReplyDeletewow really ambitious there nann...i would vote for some sashing just to stop the vertigo...lol...but i trust whatever you choose...
ReplyDeleteWow, your scrappy wheels are amazing! I love the background with the stripes alternating horizontal/vertical. I don't think it needs sashing--that might distract from the scrappy circles.
ReplyDeleteMaybe hearts to go in the centers, instead of circles? A nod to the gift-giving occasion. A78mandel at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy and you will be busy reading all your 19 books this spring. Your wedge circles make a wonderful wedding present. So smart to find an immediate use for the leftovers.
ReplyDeleteWow! Your many accomplishments blow me away! Because the wedges are arranged in block formation, I say yesterday to washing’s and borders.
ReplyDeleteBetter to have extra wedges than not enough! I think I would machine appliqué the wheels in place and find another shape besides a circle to appliqué over the centers (squares? rectangles? stars?). What a haul on those books - ENJOY!
ReplyDeleteWow Wow Wow!!! That wedge block is Ah-Mazing!!! I love it! and... no fabrics - but books are ok - you made my day!!!
ReplyDeleteNice wedges. Don't folks hand appliqué (or machine for that matter) the wheels on to the background. And you could just put a circle of fabric in the middle ... I'm not sure I can be any more creative at this point!
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