The first of the two Hopscotch quilts is complete.
It gave me great practice on the stitch regulator,
and by the time I was finished, I felt very confident.
Each of the whirly gig blocks received
a stylized swirl surrounded by flower petals.
It is a cute pattern and compliments the
playfulness of the quilt quite well.
A little surprise popped up during quilting.
One of the gigs was turned the wrong way.
There was just enough room between the previous quilted portions,
so I picked out the square and turned it.
Then two patterns ended up side by side.
I found a happy substitute, stitched it back up
and carried on.
Recently, I found an error in block placement
when I was quilting,
and just merrily stitched over it.
That's a story for another time,
The whirly gigs are also a great way
to use up the tail ends of
binding strips since they are 2 1/2 " wide.
Oddly enough,
I still have lots of little bits of binding strips!
How many whirly gig quilts can I make?
It would be fun to make them with a variety of
light backgrounds, maybe pale solids?
Setting the blocks on point would give it a totally different look too.
I just found a double whirly gig too!
Hmm, lots to think about.
It must be said that completing a quilt like that is very fun.
The binding went on like a breeze since I had just
finished up binding a very large quilt.
Linking up with:
Oh your hopscotch quilt turned out beautifully!! I love all the colors sprinkled throughout... Nice job quilting...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteThank you ! It is always fun to look at all the sprinkles!
DeleteBeautiful finish!!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! It turned out even better than I expected. The next one has a border
Deletethat make the middle float!
Good for you to have the patience to change out the patches while you're doing the quilting! I like your multicolored version of this easy, versatile block.
ReplyDeleteIt was very fun to do, now to it's partner with the floater border quilted up!
DeleteThere is a lot of possibilities with this simple block. I think you have many whirlygig quilts in your future! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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I think so too, lots of possible patterns!
DeleteHi Deb, that's a great pattern to use for scraps and it looks great! I'm sure that it would be easy to make alternative placements! Thanks so much for linking up to FM Mavericks. It's a great FM design.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Have a great week!
DeleteLove how your hopscotch quilt turned out, Deb. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. Have a great week!
DeleteGreat job in catching and changing the misplaced piece. I like that pattern and have made one or two myself. It is good to use smaller pieces of fabric.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun quilt, Deb! Congrats on the finish! It's so bright and cheery. Glad you noticed and were able to fix the little error. (I had done the same!) Well done on the quilting too.
ReplyDeleteVery fun finish! You've been doing such a great job of wrapping up your projects and using what's in your scrap bins.
ReplyDeleteI love your flower and swirl quilting, cute and pretty! Great job turning the stubborn block! This green backing is adorable. Thank you for sharing this beautiful finish and linking up!
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