The first one is a Balkan Puzzle also know by numbers of other names as is true of many quilt blocks. I LOVE this one. The second is a Chunky Chevron. By itself, I'm not so fond of it. I'll bet it's cool when these are put together as a whole quilt, though.
Here are the orange/blues:
One of the reasons I'm not too fond of the Chunky Chevron blocks may be that I don't like my choice for the predominant pieces--that blue/yellow fabric--in this one. It's a beautiful fabric when not cut into pieces and repieced (Repieced comes out with a red line under it. I, however, am using it because I think it should be a word in quilting!) This fabric would require some incredible fussy cutting to make it work well. I'm hoping that it will blend in well once the whole quilt is together.
Here are all the January and February browns/blues together,
and the orange/blues
All in all, I am quite happy. Of course, I've been cutting these down to make them uniform rather than redoing them. If I absolutely HAVE to, I'll redo one to make it fit. For the most part, I'm not that fussy with quilting. As I have said before, I go with the , "if it can't be seen by a man riding by on horseback, it's okay" rule. I quilt for fun and to have something on the bed rather than for show. That may be because were I quilting for show, I'd still be on my first quilt;-O
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ReplyDeletePerceived problems/imperfections seem major to us when it's one block we're focusing on - when the rest of the blocks are added and you are galloping by on a horse, they disappear like magic - it's great! I think the blocks are cute, and are going to look great together :) I wonder if there's an "app" for setting quilt block photos onto some kind of background to see how the quilt might look as it's being constructed?!
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