Friday, April 5, 2019

Blocks- Sewn Up!

     At the quilt retreat, I was able to sew all 40 Disappearing Hourglass Blocks (MSQC) into the final stars. Now, I have to decide whether to make one large quilt or two comfort ones with borders. Hmm. The Kaffe layer cake came from Missouri Star when there was a daily deal. Such a sucker for those Kaffe deals. 
     Also, I sewed all the OBW octagons (48). When I got home  I moved them around on the design wall over 30 times and 3 days until I settled on one arrangement. I was trying to go from lightest to darkest instead of just matching flowers. Now, I am cutting the triangles from the squares for the corners and placing them. Next post, I will show progress on that. Oh, I love the octagons.
The first placement
Somewhere in the middle of the placements
The final placement

5 comments:

Debbie said...

You got an amazing lot of stuff done! Your Disappearing hourglass blocks are beautiful....if you can handle it go big on these:) Yes, you got a good arrangement on the OBW....looks great too.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I would go for two comfort quilts with borders rather than one big quilt. And those OBW blocks are beautiful!!

The Joyful Quilter said...

Wow! You've been busy!!!

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I love your final placement of the octagon blocks. It is going to be a striking quilt.

Mystic Quilter said...

Love the Kaffe fabrics, obviously! Your OBW I think is a stunner Linda, I really love it to bits, the colour, the movement in all those different blocks. You picked a winner there girl with that fabric!