Kangamangus

 The new quilt is at flimsy stage. I added a cream border and decided to call this HEARTBEAT. I haven't chosen a backing yet. (Everything I like at eQuilter is out of stock, so I'll wait another week or so and try again.)

But I will use this as the binding.

Every time I have gifted a quilt in the last couple of years I have written a story about it. I thought I might make a book for every quilt, so I thought I might make a list.

Well, it took longer than I thought. I'm not done, but I was kinda sorta not really surprised that I got up to 100 and there were still quilts to be added to the list. Of course that does not include the 200 Gizzy (kitty quilts) I made years ago.

When I saw the list I knew I would not have books for ALL of them, but heck, it gives me a project I can work towards completing.

Making the list made me realize I hadn't created a page on this blog for Quilts made in 2022, so I fixed that. Now that I have the official list I will rearrange some quilts on those pages (I noticed a couple lived in two separate years.)

A Change of Perspective

 I started sewing the blocks together (far right).

As usual, when blocks are sewn together the design really starts to pop, and I am liking where this is going.

I particularly like this shape at the top of this photo. I had to do a bit of thinking...

The top drawing emphasizes the new shape I like, the bottom one is the original layout. Both of them cut off the design at either side. The quilt is designed to be 10 blocks across, and what do I do with the extra rows at either side? Neither one floats my boat.

Since I believe that you really need to SEE something in real life, I sewed a row of triangles to place beside a panel of three vertical rows I had already sewn together.

As I lay the strips together on the floor,  I saw this... which answered all my questions. ALL I HAVE TO DO is rotate the design 90 degrees, and I can get THREE perfect four row designs on my quilt.

I like this a lot better, so now I have some rearranging to do.

Stay tuned...