I was cleaning out and tidying up the other day and I ran across a bin
filled with pieced four inch sub-units from a multi-session course that I attended a few years back, offered at my LQS. The course was "Tucker University" and we used
Studio 180 tools and technique sheets to make basic units: half square triangles, quarter square triangles, combination units, shaded four patches, square in a square, flying geese, high-low blocks, sidekick blocks, corner beams, little houses and pickets. At the time I chose the focus fabric (dk. blue multi print) and pulled the coordinating scraps from the stash for a controlled (
sort of) palette. I blogged about it
here almost three years ago. I never stitched any of the blocks together, simply bagged the sub-units together and put them, and the background and focus fabrics, together in the bin. I've had
SO MUCH FUN this week arranging them, changing them, taking them apart, rearranging the components and putting them back together again on the design wall-- like quilter's building blocks. The beauty of using these tools is the precision achieved after the trim down step; everything fits together perfectly, they're completely interchangeable! I was surprised (and tickled) to realize that I had enough pieces to put together an entire sampler-style quilt top! 😲 I'll sash it up with the focus fabric and put the leftover pieces (
yes, this was a loaves and fishes bin!) into the scrap basket to run through the die cutter. All this time at home is yielding lots of happy benefits. What's lurking in your closets?
6 comments:
it has been a terrific season of finishing UFOs for many....lovely surprise quilt!
What a fun quilt! OH, I cannot even tell what is lurking in the closets....what a thought! LOL!
I pulled a box of leftovers from the parts department this week too! I have 3 small quilts from the box marked “primitives”. Lots of HST.
What a great play time with your rediscovery! And all those finished parts! I have baggies and boxes of parts and frequently wish I’d left myself notes for the brilliant idea I had when they were set aside!
You are getting some great finishes. This is made up in such happy colors.
I think I know what is in my closets and it is all staying there until I am finally able to extract myself from the stranglehold mask making seems to have on me! HELP!
A treasure hidden away in your parts bins! The colors are beautiful!
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