Wednesday, November 9, 2011

This and that day........

I had a hard time sticking with anything yesterday.  It was a rainy gloomy day and I couldn't get motivated.  I did sew the rest of the duplicate 16 patch blocks and put them up on the design wall.  Every time I make a diagonal layout quilt I say I'm not going to do another one, but right on the heels of the Diagonal Madness quilt I have this one up as a diagonal layout again.  I need to make 9 more blocks to make it into a rectangular quilt.  I thought about leaving it square and using it as a tablecloth in my red kitchen.  The only problem with that is that I already have 2 tablecloths and don't need a third one.

17 comments:

Sewing Junkie said...

Lots of color there. Some days the sewing just doesn't work. It is pouring rain here right now so you will get it soon. Chris

Impera Magna said...

I know what you mean about diagonal layouts... but they are so striking!

Love this quilt top already... so much so that I'm planning on making a 16-patch top myself!

Lynne said...

I haven't attempted a diagonal layout - yet - but I love the look of them.

Mary said...

I really like the diagonal layout, but I know it is more work.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Table cloth or quilt ... this one has wonderful color!!

Jean said...

You could make a throw? LOve the colors!

christijowinter933@yahoo.com said...

I really like this as a diagonal! Hope you make it into a full-sized quilt. It's so much fun to watch your projects grow!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

so bright! very nice color layout.It was a gloomy day with a lot of rain yesterday here and now today is windy and cold, a lot of leaves will come off of the trees today.
Karen

Donna said...

Some days are like that - a person just can't stay focused. Could be the weather, or maybe a bit of restlessness following your trip down memory lane. I find that it can do that to me. The 16 patch blocks look great and I think they're more interesting on the diagonal. Hope you have a good day today.

Needled Mom said...

Aw sure....one more tablecloth!!! It is gorgeous and I do love the diagonal settings.

Anonymous said...

But you make it look so easy. (*._,*) Diagonal layout that is. It absolutely gorgeous. I would consider another table cloth also. Just changing a table cloth will give your kitchen a different 'personality' with each change.

J~MT

stitchinpenny said...

I always love your quilts. I think I would love to have your color eye for just one day.

Elaine M said...

Love the colors in this. Reminds me of Raspberry Dream Pie!

Sharon said...

OK, so you have more than 3 quilts, so why not have 3 tablecloths ;-) I love the diagonal sets, I think there is more interest.

Sharon M said...

I have never done one like that. I love it. You are so good with your fabric combinations. I guess after 6,000 quilts you just get it!

Elaine/Muddling Through said...

But, oh, it's SO pretty. It's hard to settle to anything some days. I have so much I need to get done, and I seem to keep starting new things. Of course you wouldn't know anything about that....

Banaghaisge said...

Next time you are inspired to do a quilt with blocks on point do check out Anita Hallock's Fast Patch. She turns a chequerboard on point to get to Flying Geese....
http://www.pacinfo.com/~hallock/triangles.html
And you can use the same technique to turn a whole top on point. I have done quite a few. The hardest part used to be cutting across without a long ruler, until I liberated a couple of narrow x 1.5m lengths of perspex from the skip outside the Secondary College craft room...
And her method is a really good way to make triangle things - Stars, FG, etc etc.
Hugs, Jas