Weekly update: it's a flimsy!

 (NOTE:  wildflowers and book reviews are in the preceding post.)

(c) Robin Pickens

Our granddaughter is getting married at the end of October.  I asked for her (their) color preferences for a quilt and she promptly responded, "Blue and green."  I was despairing of finding the ideal pattern when Ramona posted a picture of her version of Emilia, a pattern by Robin Pickens.  I tried to figure out the design but the borders were tricky, so I bought the digital pattern here).   

The changes began immediately.  The pattern uses 9" blocks. I made one that size and decided it was  too big. I made 6" blocks instead.  I set them in 4's with a different sashes (same fabric for each group of four but different from group to group). There are center cornerstones are green for the blue groups and blue for the green groups.  

If you followed my posts the past month you know I did a lot of stitching, ripping, and re-stitching when I changed the sashes between the groups. "Design twice, sew once" is my new corollary to the more familiar "measure twice, cut once."

I kept Pickens' idea for the borders but I used more triangles to make the block the same size as the blocks in the quilt center.  I began with all-the-same light but changed that to a variety of lights.  

And, finally!  The top is finished.  It's 84 x 84. Barb-the-quilter has it on her calendar for September 1.  

But, wait, there's more!  Here's the back.  The top fabric is a thrift-shop sheet, Ralph Lauren brand.  

  The top used 9-1/2 yards and the back used 8 yards.

I have  leftovers to play with. 

And....two other projects are in the works. You'll need to tune in later in the week to see them.     P.S.  Ramona's made another quilt using the pattern.  See it here      (Hmmm.....maybe this will be the design for the AAUW holiday quilt I have yet to begin!)

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