I first saw this quilt in an ad for Fat Quarter shop on Facebook. I was making the Summer Swag quilt from my El camino fabric stash and thought it would be a good pattern to use up the scraps. I found the pattern and downloaded it, it is by Chrissy Lux of Branch and Blume. Also layer cake friendly, so I knew having a bunch of scraps would work. Once I read through the pattern, I realized that it was a folded corners technique using one. I dislike folded corner blocks because they create more scraps. I re-drafted the pieces by making one block as per pattern and then carefully measuring the pieces. I then cut parallelograms instead of strips and HST’s in place of squares. I was able to get a good variety of prints and use up most of the scraps to have a few yards (total) left of the El Camino fabrics. There are 36 – 8 ½” blocks for this pattern and each block has 19 pieces. I spent a few hours cutting and the next day started chain piecing. It was all going so smoothly, until I realized I had 72 of wrongly cut chisel pieces. There may have been a few words uttered unsuitable for general audiences. Flashbacks to the Washboard quilt top too, and the hours spent re-doing those blocks. The problem here was that I couldn’t turn the pieces over and use them, as this was printed fabric, so right facing angles can’t be turned into left facing ones. My solution involved adding another piece to the block and only having to recut 36 pieces. The only seam ripping was done to the sample blocks I had made.

All the blocks are on the design wall, I think I have them assorted enough to not have any same ones touching. Just have to add the sashing and outer border and it’ll be a top. I was going to use the dark blue print for the sashing squares, but since I used the ones I originally cut for in the blocks, I needed to cut 49 more. I went with a mix of all the fabrics instead, yay! for scrappy.

In other handwork news, I started the Light House. Lots of solid blue X’es, the whale makes up a lot of them. Other blue stitches are in the knitted Hoodie I am making. I decided to make the 9-12 month size, room to grow into. Slightly odd construction technique with this Debbie Bliss pattern. Make the flat back, make the flat front and then divide for neck. Insert a few increase stitches, bind off shoulders and keep knitting the hood. I think I may do a Crochet edging on this hood to make it a bit more feminine, and reinforce the V at the center neck.

I got the backing for Indigo Way on the frame, and put out the batting to relax on it. I ended up doing yard work instead, as it was wonderfully cool yesterday and there were a bunch of things that needed pruning and cleaning up. I may do some more gardening today as the weather is very similar.

Be Kind.