When in doubt, make half square triangles.
Each time I finish a project I have the urge to start something new. I am also feeling the need to get things more in shape in the sewing room (isn't that always the case?) So, yesterday I broke open the scrap suitcase and started cutting. I cut lots of 2 3/8 inch squares. Any chunks that were too small for a 2 3/8 inch square were set aside in their own box.
I dumped the whole suitcase and did some sorting.Next, the squares were all cut in half diagonally and sewn to white triangles of the same size.I had a plan when I started. I was going to make blocks similar to this or this but with six half square triangles on the diagonals of each section instead of the four that are shown in these diagrams.After making a bunch of hst pieces I am rethinking my plan.
I sort of want to sew them into one long strip. Don't you think it would look good to have a strip of these running off center down an otherwise plain quilt?I was discussing the possibilities with Miss P after school today and mentioned that it would take a long time to make enough of the blocks for a quilt.P's response: "Mom, you don't have to finish the quilt in a month! You can take as long as you want to make it."So true.Now I need to decide which way I want the quilt to end up and just do it that way. Or, maybe I'll make two!Either way I'm putting the scraps into a SMALLER suitcase. I made the switch last night but, I can't yet close the lid.
Family Fun with Scraps
We've tried out a few more variations for the drunkard's path.I love projects like this where the whole family gets involved. D and M have each tried a different layout. B suggested a completely random design that involves rolling a four sided die 120 times.I think this design looks a little boring and flat. P says that she can't see the pattern here.
Here is a little block that P is putting together. She pulled these pieces from my pile of cut fabrics. She has sewn them on her hand crank chain stitch machine. We have had to sew each square a couple of times. It is a good thing that chain stitch is easy to take out! She want to turn this into a tiny doll quilt but with not batting. I think I'll have her make it like a pillowcase and turn it. She hopes to have it finished to enter in the fair on Sunday.
