I'm following along with Sujata from therootconnection and the #UANDUQAL with great interest. For my first venture into the quirkiness of these delightful scrappy quilts, I've chosen to make a flying geese quilt. It's inspired by one from Roderick Kiracofe's book, Unconventional and Unexpected pg.60 a cotton 'flying geese' quilt.
I decided to revisit an earlier WiP and started out with a bunch of already made flying geese blocks, half the work done already! Of course I sifted and sorted a bit, rejected quite a few blocks, and made up a few more to fit in with my colour palette.
Made completely from my stash, lots of Denyse Schmidt fabrics which seemed to work really well and I added in a few solids to help get 'the look'. Improv is a wee challenge for me, and working without a pattern, but hopefully working around these blocks gives me confidence to branch out more and maybe try Sujata's 'overlapping octagons' later on. All ready now for basting & quilting.
Made completely from my stash, lots of Denyse Schmidt fabrics which seemed to work really well and I added in a few solids to help get 'the look'. Improv is a wee challenge for me, and working without a pattern, but hopefully working around these blocks gives me confidence to branch out more and maybe try Sujata's 'overlapping octagons' later on. All ready now for basting & quilting.
This is looking good Linda. What is that lovely pale blue gray floral fabric in the long middle strip?
ReplyDeleteI left a message over on the QAL site but forgot to ask the size!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt, i like the colours and placement of fabrics
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
Deletelove your flying geese!
ReplyDeleteWith so many flying geese, I would not say that you are dipping your toes. You are diving in, giving it your all. Like it should be. I am sure this will be a gorgeous finish!!!
ReplyDeleteNot joining the QAL but I've been thinking about Flying Geese again. You have inspired me to get busy!
ReplyDeleteWow that was quick! I like the close-ups; it's fun to have a good look at all the fabrics you have included.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on your flying geese!
ReplyDeleteI like the 'pale blue gray floral' too.
Another interesting quilt, I like the mix of floral and checks.
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of pulling out a WIP and using it for the QAL. I'm doing that with fabric pulls previously intended for less interesting projects -- so happy the QAL is happening. And as I commented over on the Scraps blog, I LOVE THIS QUILT.
ReplyDeleteI love a quilt full of flying geese, and yours is beautiful! I borrowed that book from the library and have enjoyed reading along and looking at the quilts.
ReplyDeleteLooking good Linda!! It seems that you are enjoying the process too!
ReplyDeleteThis went together so quickly! I am such a fan of flying geese. Great job on a wonderful quilt top! Love the pic where it's laying diagonal especially.:)
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt! I love the eclectic mix of fabrics and the antique look.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are using some of your old blocks. It fits so well with the spirit of U&U. Besides, they are lovely here. So worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely, Linda. Good use of your already-made flying geese blocks. You have chosen fabrics for the strips in pretty colours, they come together beautifully with the blocks.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Linda. I’m happy to be using up these blocks too, and enjoyed making this all work together. Improv is a bit tricky for me, lots of 2nd guessing, etc. So glad Sujata worked out an easy way to make the ‘overlapping octagons’ quilt, I might tackle that one soon-ish
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