Recently a good friend gifted me with some vintage pieced blocks. Although I appreciate vintage quilts they are not something that I gravitate to. For some reason these blocks spoke to me and I said, "Yes I'll take them". They are not actually blocks, but are foundation pieced X shapes. There is 29 of them, a few will be unusable because of stains and holes, but 25 are in usable condition. Here are a few of them on my design wall.
And a close up view.
And since my camera is still occasionally doing psychedelic, here's vintage psychedelic.
My plan is to appliqué each X on a four patch of very pale pinks,rusts and oranges. Then piece the blocks together. It will be a very long term project.
I've got kids and grandkids arriving on Wednesday so I will have a house full and very little studio time.
Daily stitching up date.
365 Red Circles #324 -#329
Indigo and Rust #252 - #257
and the psychedelic version
Weekly stitching #48
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Off the Wall Friday"
What a great gift and I love how you set the blocks....the composition has a lot of motion...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a daunting task, but I'm sure you'll make something wonderful. And as usual your hand stitching squares are beautiful, with or without the psychedelic.
ReplyDeleteI do love your red circles and your indigo and rust series...very clever.
ReplyDeletethe whole piece has a great feel to it, and I was surprised at the close up showing the fabrics. Not something I would usually like, but really great as a whole. Your idea of background in warm colors will be a wonderful color study. Hope you show it finished.
ReplyDeleteLeeAnna Paylor
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