Yesterday and today I got to do something I haven’t done in a long time, play with the book’s techniques and not have a final plan. That’s right, just my design wall and I had a date.
I pulled from the scraps of Psychedelic Baby, which in turn was made from the scraps from Pantone Pop. I guess I overbought.
One block has a load of possibilities.
This block is the one I made for Psychedelic Baby and had some leftovers. This design could go zig-zag or create the rectangles found in Quilting Modern’s Blind Copilot.
How about an hour glass?
Still obsessing a bit over the diamonds.
Then there are these string blocks, going to ‘magic number’ these with some wonky stars, something I’ve always wanted to put in a quilt. I like the subtle color, but am thinking grass green would give it some pow factor.
More leftovers. I could zig-zag or rectangle. They need some added color though and aren’t really on the list.
These scrappy bit beauties are what is really holding my focus though. I’m thinking of introducing them into a design layout we gave another quilt in the book or maybe it needs something new.
Fun to play isn’t it? Especially when one doesn’t have to focus on one project, just sew and see what happens.
Wish I had weeks of it.
What pure bliss weeks of playing sounds like 🙂
Beautiful blocks–what possibilities!!!
Love it!
I love what is happening on your design wall! Psychedelic Baby is one of my very favorite quilts by you. I am so happy to see you play with the left overs!
Especially love the hourglass blocks
Lots of exciting possibilities….
I like the geometry and patterns that you’ve got going on here.
All of these are absolutely inspiring! Love!
That sounds like such a fun date! Looking forward to seeing what they all turn into 🙂
Those look amazing! You have such awesome talent with scraps! 🙂
that’s the way i like to play!
Your blocks are very cool !!
Oooh, that looks like a highly fabulous playdate. It’s all very cool. So many directions to explore!
How fun! Can’t wait to see what you come up with when you have more time to just play 🙂
Hi Katie,
To me, this is the only way to work — without a plan. Love to see your auditions and look forward to seeing where you go from here.