I spent some quality time yesterday with this book that was gifted to me by a friend. It is the 1993 version with black and white drawings. I used 1/4" gridded paper to draw out some blocks that I would like to make and made notes on some of them of what to cut. When I first started teaching quiltmaking in 1975 a sampler quilt was the project. I taught that class for about 15 years. All of the new quilters loved it because they learned so many different ways to piece blocks. It seems there has been a revival of that trend with all of the "block of the month" offerings. I'm looking more toward an orphan block quilt which is really a sampler of sorts.
I only have one Asiatic Lily left and it is getting ready to bloom.
The Early Girl tomatoes are getting bigger and they are getting lighter colored. I hope that means a BLT will be on the menu in a couple weeks.
My neighbor's lawn service chopped a hunk out of one of the Sedum plants that I put in the back garden. The weed whacker also chopped off a Brown Eyed Susan plant. I have a little wire fence which I have now put along the edge of my lot line hoping they watch what they are doing next time.
too bad that they whacked off your plant! good to put up some kind of barrier for just that reason. I had never gotten that book you share and thought to awhile back and looked for it and could only find used copies that went for hundreds of dollars! When the new version came out from EQ for Block Base I bought it and love it.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the sedum and the Brown Eyed Susan make a comeback after their brutal haircut.
ReplyDeleteI have never done a sampler quilt; but am planning on one this Autumn on a SAL --
ReplyDeleteyour plants... are coming up so well hugs, Julierose
I have a growing stack of leftover blocks and test blocks. Will be watching to see what you do (mine are not in any way from one color family - they're all over the place).
ReplyDeleteUgh! Sorry about the wayward weed whacker, Wanda. Have fun with your quilt planning!
ReplyDeleteI have that version of this book, as well as the new one. One thing I prefer about the 1993 one is the binding, but I'm guessing that doing hardback on the new would have priced it out of the budget for many. The companion Block Base software is sooo tempting, especially after finding out you can 3d print templates from it.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on a sampler quilt - 48 of 49 blocks done. It certainly is going much slower than using all the same block. Then again, weeding is also a huge interference now, as is the recovering - too tired and achy to sew :-( Besides using orphan blocks, are there any ways to speed up making a sampler quilt?
Your sedum will be fine, perhaps a bit delayed blooming. IIRC some larger floppy ones it's recommended to cut them back so they grow bushier. I'm sure you know that if you put those trimmings in soil you can grow even more, or in a pot and give them away.
I bought the new book, but I found it overwhelming. I am not going to get into software to design blocks. I will fumble around with graph paper. I am not a techno phobe but there is only so much time to learn all the tech stuff and then they change it. I bought a new cell phone and everything is changed and it is hard just to do simple things.
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