Design Wall Monday--Aug 12, 2013

On my design floor today are the sewalong blocks from Aunt Reen's Place that I stalled out on last month.  That happened because I started thinking too much.

The above (blurry!) shot is how I imagined the quilt was going to look, before Aunt Reen showed the layout she had designed, wherein she mixed all the blocks rather than lining them up in rows.  I clung to this single-weave idea, however, though it was obvious from the start that the number of blocks I made were not going to work in this alternate scheme, since I used a jelly roll and I didn't have any extra fabric for additional blocks.  Still, I laid out quite a number before abandoning the idea--though I do think it would work for a smaller version that was pre-planned in size!

Does this happen to you?  You start moving furniture and cleaning up to make a layout spot and then get distracted by something you see on the floor.  In my case this morning, I spotted some bugs on the floor by my pantry as I was sweeping the dining room.  This necessitated an interventional pantry cleanout due to evidence of a weevil infestation.  Yuck.  Anyway, I did finally get back to the 10x12 layout of these 6" finished blocks.  You can see I added a "heart" to the quilt top, a signature thing I often do.  In this case the block design actually looks like a heart!  Now there will be some a ton of piecing for this large throw I plan to give as a wedding gift.  See more design walls on Judy's Patchwork Times.