Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Planning can indeed be helpful

This was Gretchen's month in Snip.Sew.Send. She sent a beautiful array of fabrics and asked for 2", 3.5", 6.5", and 9.5" square-in-square blocks. Her plan is to create a quilt inspired by Kaffe Fassett's "Jewel Squares" design.

Here is what I came up with:

Gretchen's blocks
I really wish that I could have made more of the larger size blocks (9.5" and 6.5"), but because I didn't go into my block-making with a plan, I just didn't have enough fabric. I cut various widths of fabric and then kind of built my blocks randomly. I didn't waste fabric, but if I had planned better at all, I could have made at least a couple more 6.5" blocks and fewer small ones. On the bright side, this seems like a design where the small blocks will definitely be useful.

Judging from the blocks others have posted in the flickr group, it definitely looks like this is going to be a spectacular quilt!

December is a break month for this group, and then my turn comes up in January. At this point, I still have no idea what to do. Hopefully, I'll have a plan soon! Because, as these blocks have reminded me, having a plan can indeed be helpful.

6 comments:

  1. They are beautiful!!! I can not wait for your month :)

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  2. I guess we had opposite planning problems. I kept trying to make little ones and just couldn't make it happen and you made a whole slew!

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  3. Looks like fun, Robin! The quilting bees seem like a great way to stretch oneself. I've thought about trying it sometime. Nice job!

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  4. I bet she will be happy to get the little ones since they take just as much time to make as the big ones!

    I love the thin orange inner border on the big one and can't wait to see what you choose next month!

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  5. Great blocks and really neat fabrics.

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  6. Our group skips Dec too. Better that way to skip the holidays. Love the sqares. I've been dreaming while I look at my new Kaffe book.

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