...but you knew that already!
Along with the lovely Sarah and maybe a few others...I sometimes find it difficult to stick to the plan.
Of late I have been starting numerous new things instead of finishing off the mountains of old!
Well I dithered about my latest FAL list and one project was in then out but it seems to have got under my skin and grabbed me in a most unfortunate and unexpected way!
I made a basket quilt several years ago which looks like this!
I started it at a workshop and before attending this workshop I did research into basket blocks and collected a file full of patterns. I then decided that one basket quilt wasn't enough and started a basket sampler quilt.
Typically I got as far as seven blocks! All pink and cream....
Now of late I have looked at these blocks and thought - I don't really like you!
All my other UFOs I have managed to salvage and update to my current taste but these were steadfastly refusing to submit!
Until yesterday....... when I took some lovely grey prints and made my ever so pink blocks the centre square in a square !
I like them so much better now and can at last see a way forward with this project.
Pity it's not on this quarter's list as I'd really like to make more pink basket blocks....mutter, mutter, lack of self discipline - sigh!
At least this is an old UFO and not another new project so no need to bang your head Helen!!
Along with the lovely Sarah and maybe a few others...I sometimes find it difficult to stick to the plan.
Of late I have been starting numerous new things instead of finishing off the mountains of old!
Well I dithered about my latest FAL list and one project was in then out but it seems to have got under my skin and grabbed me in a most unfortunate and unexpected way!
I made a basket quilt several years ago which looks like this!
Typically I got as far as seven blocks! All pink and cream....
Now of late I have looked at these blocks and thought - I don't really like you!
All my other UFOs I have managed to salvage and update to my current taste but these were steadfastly refusing to submit!
Until yesterday....... when I took some lovely grey prints and made my ever so pink blocks the centre square in a square !
I like them so much better now and can at last see a way forward with this project.
Pity it's not on this quarter's list as I'd really like to make more pink basket blocks....mutter, mutter, lack of self discipline - sigh!
At least this is an old UFO and not another new project so no need to bang your head Helen!!
You crack me up Mrs. But your last sentence is true! Di x
ReplyDeleteWhat a difference the grey makes! Mind you there were so few blocks they were almost orphans rather than a UFO!
ReplyDeleteGood for you! They look great! If it had been me, they would have been on their way to the thrift shop!
ReplyDeleteoooh, that makes such a difference! I love all the different greys. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteWhat a difference a 'grey' makes! Lovely greys Nicky and this so isn't a new project! Devil. Angel. Devil. Angel...
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how the grey changes the original blocks! Oh, and it may not be on your Q2 list but it could go on your Q3 list...for quilting and binding ;o)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I now have a small cushion next to my computer...
Make it a table runner or two and you wont have to make that many more blocks. Great idea with the grey, it suits them fine. ;) GL!
ReplyDeleteOhh now your a modern basket case ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou unable to stick to a plan? Never...
ReplyDeleteNot doing list stuff? Naughty.... stop making excuses... ;-) lol Nah go for it they look purty :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Sometimes you just can't resist the urge! Jxo
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant plan to salvage those blocks. Perhaps it could be a third quarter finish?
ReplyDeleteIts great to find a use for something that has been out to one side
ReplyDeleteYou are hilarious! I agree they look totally fab with those corners!
ReplyDeleteI love that you have different sizes going on here. and the grey really 'depink's it!
ReplyDeleteI like the addition of the greys, they make them look more modern.
ReplyDeleteNice save!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea
ReplyDeleteGreat plan! Love the greys.
ReplyDeleteYou're really ploughing through those ufos. I'm glad you found a solution for what to do with these blocks. They look great :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a great idea. The blocks looks lovely surrounded by grey.
ReplyDeleteThe blocks look really good. Much more modern now. I have tops I've made that I really don't like now. I can't make myself quilt them, even for practicing free motion quilting! I don't even want to look at them. Thought I might out them on eBay! Funny how tastes change over the years.
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