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Long time since this project file has been opened, and now I have opened it I want to spend the rest of the day playing with the designs!

Too much space between blocks, no quilting on most designs, and not enough birds in the orchard to live up to the title!

The designs have potential but need some playtime.

We lived in one house for 15 years with two apple trees in the garden, and it was not until the last year that I found some ripe apples which had fallen off the trees into the massed agapanthus below them ...

First one is very nice.

I love the second one, it is beautiful.

I like the first design above …

… but the second design is my favourite.

I love the tangled corners of the borders!

Colours are not very inspiring, but I rather like this project file, including the two designs selected for today.

The first one is my favourite.

Interesting mixture of bead shapes in this project file.

I like the second design best … I think.

Very nice.

Also very nice!

I have been trying to find a name for these flowers for quite some time. Floppy Petals is the best I can come up with. Any ideas welcome.

Love the second design.

The state flower of South Australia has been placed under some control in the block designs used in this project file.

The plant in reality sprawls over sandy ground after rain, but here they are regimental in their layout.

I love the second design.

I wish I could grow them in reality, rather then just create virtual formal designs. I have tried several times, but have failed every time, though my Mum had a patch of them which came up year after year.

I liked playing with these blocks in the straight setting, so decided to try setting them on point.

I love the second design!

Will have to start adding quilting motifs to both the project files in the very near future.

Not my favourite mix of colours by a long way, but I love this project file, and all the designs in it.

I think my favourite of these two designs is the first one, but i may change my mind.

All the blocks in this project file, and others which have the EQ prefix, are designs direct from the Electric Quilt Block Library. Though i have to admit that I did play with one of the blocks. The centre block in the design above is from the library, which I divided to make four corner blocks. Well, one corner block which I can turn around to use in four corners.

I like the first design as there is is room for quilting to provide interesting texture.

Also like the second design which also has space for added texture after outlining ...

Interesting!

Love the second design!

One day I was sick of playing with block designs, so started playing with sashing. the worst thing about this project file is the title, but I am yet to come up with something better.

Then I added some pieces to the blocks to interact with the sashing.

When I can think of a catchy title I have another project file which has been waiting for exposure for a long time with applique sashing.

These roses have been kept in the dark waiting for their day in the sun, and their name has changed several times, including five minutes ago! A little while ago I started using the blocks in quilt designs and have rejected about a dozen names since then.

The fact is I find it easier to design blocks to use in quilt designs, using Electric Quilt 8, than naming them.

Now these two designs are going public the name is not going to change again!

The first quilt design today is actually just one block with borders.

I started this project file ages ago, and it has become a very mixed collection of block designs, which I have tried to separate many times, but have pretty much given up on sorting them into two or three different collections. I have no Idea what I was thinking when I did them, but I have decided to just go ahead and design some quilts with them.

If nothing else I am interested to see what happens as I mix them up!

So far it seems to be ...

I like the first design today. Nice mix of interesting pieced and applique blocks.

Also interesting, though because of the shape it looks like a perfect design for a floor mat!

I love the first design, especially those really faded fabrics which give an other wise boring background a little bit of depth. Sometimes a little contrast is just as important as strong contrast.

The second design would appeal to me much more if there was some low contrast in the background.

However, this is the quilt i might make if I was sick of machine sewing, and just wanted to get on with some quilting.

Very formal garden!

Love the applique border in the second design, but a bit disappointed as I hoped that the soft colours of the Log Cabin blocks in the background would be more effective.

Like the extra flowers in the centre.

Now the Log Cabin part of the quilt is demanding attention! That’s more like what I was hoping for.

I think I will have some fun mixing up the formal garden with a heap of logs!

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Great way to show off a special fabric.

I am not picking a favourite today … too hard!

I have played with this collection of blocks for several years, and the block collection has grown to 200! They were inspired by the berries on stems hanging out of the side of the pot in the block shown below from the Electric Quilt Library. Another version is used in another block in the same library, Horn of Plenty, but that is the one which started this project!

I love both these designs, plus a few more I have been working on using my Fairy Dot block collection Can anybody out there understand why I find it very difficult to ...