Recently, I've seen several blogs showing quilts using collections of plaids and homespuns. Hey! I have a collection of homespuns and regular cotton plaids. What a great idea to use them up, hopefully. I recently got some Technique Sheets from Studio 180 Designs. One is called Migrating Geese, a variation on flying geese blocks. Hum, would this work with my plaids? Why not? Bigger question, would I have enough of several backgrounds to make a lap quilt? Maybe.
The cool part of the Technique Sheet is it has information to make the block, but even better, it gives a variety of sizes too. Saturday afternoon I decided to cut a few and see how the blocks came out and are put together. Here are my first few blocks. I think I'll put sashing between the rows. And, I need to make a few blocks that become the tops and bottoms. I might have spent an hour on these.
Sunday we were spending most of the day at our daughter's house to celebrate Sophie's 10th birthday. But I had 30 minutes in the morning where I ironed and cut several more fabrics. I know I'll need a lot more background but I have a nice piece from a wide back that I will be using along with a couple of homespun pieces. Each square of plaid makes two of the diagonal shapes. I've got quite a few I can start sewing tomorrow.
I'm hoping to get some more blocks stitched up tomorrow and perhaps I can mix up all the blocks and get enough blocks to make the top. These are very quick to make. Who knows, maybe by Friday I'll have another top done. Yes, these blocks are that fast to make! The ones below are not sewn together. They remind me of making braid blocks. I'll be mixing up all of these colors and hopefully will have a pleasant mixture.
Even though this is a new start I'm pretty sure it will be finished fairly quickly. So, who knows, I may need (want?) to start another new project. I'm a little tired of finishing UFOs for a while!
I'm linking up with Oh Scrap, Monday Making, and Design Wall Monday. Hope you join me checking out what's being made this week. (I'll add these two links when they are posted!)
Happy Quilting! Bonnie
Super fun, Bonnie! I'm surprised it's a quick block to make. Having different size options is great.
ReplyDeleteYears ago I clipped a magazine pattern that used that geese design as the border. Obviously they don't have to be limited to a border! And Deb T's technique surely makes them easier and more accurate. Great way to showcase a fabric genre!
ReplyDeleteIt’s always fun to start a new project. The plaids look great in this design and to have the specifics for different sized blocks makes it even more fun. I can see these being used not only in a quilt of their own but for spacers between odd-sized blocks.
ReplyDeletevery nice geese in plaids! i'll have a plaid finish for thursday zoom mtg...hope you'll be there!
ReplyDeleteA friend combined a border of Migrating Geese with a Strip Quilt section. SEW cute!
ReplyDeleteI love plaid projects! I need to start planning one for the Halloween with some awesome plaids I have. Just need to find the right pattern!
ReplyDeleteI just did this border on a quilt but cobbled it together from the leftovers of the quilt. Tell me more about this technique sheet please
ReplyDeleteYour migrating geese look fun to make! I remember seeing that pattern back when I was a total newbie and I couldn't wrap my head around it at all. Now it looks fun and fast :)
ReplyDeleteLove the colors with the background. Sometimes you do need to start something new to keep you motivated to work on the old.
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie, I love this technique - I watched two youtube videos about it, and I could use it with my plaids. Thanks for the idea, and thanks for sharing on Design Wall Mondays, Judy
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