Random decisions............

When I finished piecing the log cabin stars I contemplated adding a border...but it was already 63" x 84".  Since most of the strips in the log cabin blocks are from the 1990s era I wanted to use the print at the right for a border since it is also from the 1990s.  Yesterday I decided that the print could be on the back.  I have a 68" piece and a 14" piece so I'll have to add a few inches of something from the same era to make one panel the length of the quilt.  I will need another piece 28" wide by the length to finish the back.  That sounds like a project for November.

I was reviewing my lists of quilt tops and finished quilts yesterday.  I have made 20 new quilt tops and finished 15 quilts so far this year.  6 of those finishes were new tops from this year so I only finished 9 of my older tops.  I wonder if all of those who preceded us that left quilt tops ever counted up or even worried about how many they had unfinished and left to be passed on to the next generation.

Occasionally I will buy a layer cake by a designer that I admire to see a good sampling of their designs.  This is a Jen Kingwell group.  The prints remind me of the fabrics I used to make my grandma's aprons and my mother's housedresses when I was in high school (1954-8).  I like a lot of Jen Kingwell's quilts which are pretty fussy piecing with small pieces but I won't probably ever make any of them.  I will instead choose a pattern that is fun and fast.  I might have to add some solids into the mix here to even make a small quilt.

This is the rest of the layer cake.  This is 2 rows of squares and each piece of fabric has 2 different prints.  That means that the pattern piece or cutting die needs to be less than 5".  I have made many quilts with the 30s reproduction fabrics so this will be similar to the feel of those.  I still have a selection of the 30s prints and maybe a few of them as well as a few plaid fabrics could be mixed in with these.

We have a week of 60s and maybe will hit 70 on Wednesday and Thursday.  10-14 day outlook is warmer than normal.  That will be a real change from our colder than normal October.