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.
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