The late night layout of some multicolored string blocks
yielded another top for the rack.
My ongoing, ready to sew bag yielded
a nice stack of 10" blocks.
I sometimes feel that multicolored blocks don't play well together.
The addition of a four-block accent of gray,
makes a nice moderation of the chaos of colors.
This top finishes at 57" x 76".
I am finding the 10" cut block is a bit
ackward to get the desirable size .
The next blocks will be a friendlier size,
possibly 7" or 8" cut.
The layout started at 6 x 7 blocks,
but looked a bit short, again the impact of
the 10" block showing.
So I separated the rows and
both my eyes and my brain were much happier.
I even used my cool cordless iron for the piecing of
the addtional row.
It is a Steamfast SF-760 cordless iron.
A very good find at last year's quilt show.
Fast and fun, with good steam too!
Here is my victory lap.
It will certainly help keep it all together
while it is waiting for quilting.
I had to use the floor for the layout as the design
wall is full of little tiny squares for the next
project from the Discovery table.
colored border. The center is made of random 2 1/2" blocks and
a few more 5x5 blocks from 2 " squares
will need to be sewn up to add to the border.
The few extra red and green blocks will go on the back.
The beige crumb pieced inner border is almost
complete and will be cut to length as needed.
The next creation may be a colorway rail fence
from this pile of premade strip sets that were in
another basket of block parts.
