Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Garden Bounty.......

After the art quilters left I went outside to water my tomato plants.  I noticed yesterday one large tomato on the Early Girl was starting to turn red.  Yesterday it was ready to pick.  The others are grape tomatoes and pear tomatoes.
I wanted to see how the GO! Kite block would look as corners in a 9 patch type block.  I used squares from one of my labeled boxes in the basement.  I'm sure this could be made more interesting if the center square was made of 4 triangles.  As one of my commenters mentioned yesterday, Doreen Speckman called this corner block "ice cream cone (full)".  She had another block she called "ice cream cone (empty)" which was the long point and then flat at the top connecting to a small triangle of background color, making it look more like an empty cone.

10 comments:

Mary said...

I love the taste of vine ripened, home grown tomatoes. Bring on the BLTs! Your new block is really interesting.

Terri said...

I'm harvesting tomatoes of a fabric kind on my blog.

Love the fabrics you used on your ice cream quilt

Hugs

Needled Mom said...

That make for an interesting block. It would be fun to see it with the triangle centers.

There is nothing like the taste of fresh tomatoes.

Cathi said...

I love that block! How much fun it might be with a variety of centres.
Lucky you having fresh tomatoes from your own garden. They must be delicious!

Anonymous said...

There is nothing like fresh summer tomatoes. We hope to have some mature on our punny plants.

Never seen that pattern before~ hugs~

HollyM said...

It's a neat block, especially with those fabrics! I have tomatoes but nothing red yet.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Hmmmmm -that kite die just may appear in my studio, too. Very fun idea to mix it with the nine patch!

Irena. said...

Tomato salad with basil. Home grown are so superior aren't they. Love your block too

Mystic Quilter said...

Love what you have done with this block, very striking.

Jake said...

You need to try growing Yellow Brandywine tomatoes.....they put those hybrid early girls to SHAME! They are super tasty and easier to find than some of the other varieties I love....but if you come across them
Gold Medal
Cherokee Purple
True Blue Brandywine
Japanese Trufel