I love this quilt I made two years ago that was inspired by a quilt in Roderick Kiracofe’s book, Unconventional and Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000. I gave this one away and have missed it ever since.
I have recently started another in the same vein.
I’m making smaller squares (5 inch cut) but am still aiming for a bed size quilt, just not KING size like the first one.
The sewing plan calls for simple string blocks with the strings on the diagonal. I want to keep the number of strings in each block minimal with only a few having more than four. Most blocks will probably have two or three pieces.
As I make and add more blocks to the design wall I see that it needs a bit more solid to calm things down.
This project is quickly outgrowing my home design wall.
Now that my daughter is back to in person school two days a week I plan to take this self contained project to my studio in town and work on it there where I have a much larger design wall. I will work on it while she is in school.
She is a high schooler but I have been staying at home to be available for technical issues and for company during her school breaks and lunch. We usually plan and play games during her morning break.
