I have decided my middle name must be Distracted....because my mind is always letting me put aside the project at hand to play with another. Today I had two distractions!
The first - very pleasant - distraction was the Rose and Star! And so it begins a new English Paper Piecing project to keep my fingers busy.
If you recall, Clare and I had a little secret squirrel exchange before Christmas....Clare sent to me the most fantastic English Paper Pieced quilt....the Rose and Star.
It is sensational!!! And now I have a whole new appreciation for the work her poor little fingers went through to produce this masterpiece.
I made my templates {from freezer paper so I can iron them on to the back of my fabric}.....selected some fabrics and began the basting process...
There are so many pieces! But I am almost finished basting one flower....
I considered using my inspiration fabric as the background {where Clare has white}....but I am thinking it may be too busy {even for me} and it would need to be pieced as well so it will need some thinking yet...
Another lovely distraction was playing with the block I posted yesterday. Marit aptly described this as an inverted spiderweb. And in fact, I used both a kite ruler and my kaleido ruler to work out this block. I think the official name of this one is Periwinkle - according to Maggie Malone's Quilt Block Designs. If you notice it has the spiderweb wedges in the white octagon spaces.
Desert Threads mentioned that she has done a couple of these quilts and she said the block is The Arkansas Snowflake.
This is what makes quilting so much fun!
But I wanted to play with this block a little more. Some time ago, I had pinned another quilt that, again, reminded me of the spiderweb but was ever so slightly different.
This one is built on a square....my original spiderweb quilt {that I am still working on} is built on triangles.
The thing I love most about this square version is the secondary pattern...
How fun!
Okay....enough playing...time to focus.
Hope you had a wonderful Monday!
mary
