
Love it!
Love the mixture of piecing, applique and quilting.

I cannot pick a favourite between the two of these.
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Love it!
Love the mixture of piecing, applique and quilting.

I cannot pick a favourite between the two of these.
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Interesting design.

I am thinking that I want some simpler block designs, but will try to simplify some of the current designs rather than introduce totally different blocks. Nothing like setting myself a challenge!
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Love the criss-cross in the centre of the first one.

There is still a hint of something similar in the second, but much more subdued.
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Different leaves, but the flowers are the same. There are several species of the Banksia shrubs with an interesting collection of leaf shapes.

My favourite today is the second one.
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Have just cleaned out this project of all the dust, and painted over the rust. The original colours were brown on gold.

If I lived in Bendigo I would paint the house in a light colour, with green wrought iron around the verandas to keep it looking fresh during the heat of summer.
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Every time I open this file I see old fashioned blocks in old fashion quilt designs, but I love old fashioned stuff. The cupboard which hold up our TV was made from timber used in a crate used when household goods were shipped to Australia from England in the late 18oos. It still has a bit of a lean to fit the dirt floor of the kitchen of the house I grew up in.
The lino floor covering I found in a kitchen drawer in the 1970s house we now live in is possibly a hundred years younger than that ...
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Pale quilts would be suitable at bedtime on Christmas Eve … creating a restful place leading up to a special day.

Wishing you all a peaceful evening before a fun filled and a happy day with family and friends.
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Interesting!
Setting blocks on point makes the quilt bigger though you have to include some fillers around the edges.

Using some half of some blocks can add some interesting options!
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Take a plain sheet, use it as the top layer of a quilt sandwich, pick a contrast thread and start quilting. The blank areas in the designs in this project file I would fill with a background filler such as stippling.
I started this project file ages ago, but it went into hiding on my computer, but now it has been found I am playing with the block designs and adding more quilt designs.

I love the second design, but would add cross hatch as the background filler in this design.
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Interesting! Knee rug or tablecloth? Perhaps one of each.

Make the applique border wider and it is definitely for a bed.
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I love the first design!
The quilting as shown I would do in a contrast colour, but I would add some fillers in a colour to match the background.

The second design appeals to me too, but nowhere as much as the first.
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The low contrast in these designs would make a very restful look in a bedroom.

How ever, there are only 2 designs left in the project file and I think I will play with the colours a bit!
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Nine applique blocks plus lots and lots of quilting.

I like the second one … a bit more applique, less quilting.
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Another old project I have been playing with, this time also in a new colourway. The original colours were very dark, and I love them, but I am also loving the softer colours in the new version.

Need to play a bit more … suspect a lighter background is needed in some places.
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I don’t think I would like a dark quilt on my bed, but I love these designs anyway.

My favourite is the second one … even if I didn’t like it on my bed I could put in a spare bed!
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I haven’t opened this project for years, but thought I would bring it back into the spotlight today, as I have a yearning for lovely fresh strawberries. Unfortunately, I will have to wait a while as it is too cold for strawberries to bear fruit at this time of the year here.

Enough to make my mouth water!
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I like the centre but not the border … will have to delete that from my block library.

Love the second design.
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This project file is a real jumble of some of my block designs … sort of a playground for a virtual quilter, or perhaps a crazy quilter.

These designs need some quilting to fill in the spaces between the applique and quilting motifs. I would suggest a simple but small grid, or small bubbles, or stippling Perhaps some trapunto for the applique and the motifs just to add another dimension.
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