Lots Done Today

I thought I should make a few more pinwheels just to give them a chance and I quite liked the look of them when there were enough of them. I have to make three more and move some of them around. It's amazing how you can see value so much better on the computer than in person. I was trying to arrange them so there would be a secondary pattern but was only partly successful. I may have to make some more that turn in opposite direction or else mix them up so they look more random...
Next decision: should the setting triangles be black or the solids that are in the 16 patches? I am thinking of a narrow black border and then left-over squares from the 16 patches for another border and possibly a final black one. I don't want it to get too dark, so the inner border might just be an inch or so wide, mainly to stabilize the bias edges of the setting triangles.

Too Many Choices

Too pale?


Too boring?

I know, too dark. There is a pink and purple block to the left of the pinwheels. Are the pinweels too big? And would somebody come and make them for me. I just remembered that making them drives me crazy, especially if you want them to turn different ways.



A whole different orientation.
What do you think?

Not Sure...

I'm not sure about either of these options. The top one reads as gray from a distance, which I don't like at all. Up close it looks much better. The brown is one of the sale fabrics I bought yesterday, thinking of backings. Maybe I'll have to dye some different solids . Any ideas out there, other than, why didn't you get the fabric for the big blocks before making the 16 pacthes? Somebody suggested making big 4 patches for the middle blocks. I may try one of those as well.
I also thought of black blocks with stamping or embellishing but discarded that idea. I'd want them to stand out and they probably wouldn't against all those busy, busy 16 patches.

Fabric Fix

Today I got my fabric fix. I got three yards of some fabrics that were on sale for $1.99 and also of the two black and whites. I'm hoping one of them will work on my latest quilt. I also couldn't resist buying at least one dotty fabric. I also got an open toe embroidery foot and some extra bobbins for my machine. I picked up my friend, Jenn, and we enjoyed the fabric stores as well as some sushi and a nice coffee on the way home. Now I just hope one of these fabrics works on the dotty quilt.

Something Big

After working on cuffs for so long, I now find myself starting something huge. This is inspired by a quilt in Kaffe Fassett's book Passionate Patchwork
His quilt is done with big florals but I don't have a large stash of florals so I went with dots, which I have been collecting. I still have to find fabric for the solid block that will go between the 16 patches. The one I have up there right now doesn't work for me and I don't have enough of it anyway. Oh my, I guess there will be a trip to the fabric store.

Bread Blog?

Today I made Tibetan Barley bread from my new Flatbreads and Flavours cookbook. It just came out of the oven so I haven't tasted it yet, but it smells heavenly. It's made with barley flour that you toast in the frying pan before using. It also has buttermilk in it. How can you go wrong?
No, I haven't changed this into a bread blog but there may be a few more bread pictures soon. I can't wait to try out some more recipes from this wonderful book.
Update: It tastes as good as it looks.

Craft Show

People have been asking how the craft show went. I made expenses and then some but I certainly didn't get rich! I'm pretty happy though because it was fun. I met a lot of people I hadn't seen in ages and got to chat with lots of new people.
Today we are off to Winnipeg to see another art show so that should be fun.
Some of you might be interested in visiting this site of a friend who has become an author.
Sally Gilchrest-Unrau

Craft Table

I got set up for the craft show tomorrow. I will probably arrange the bags a bit better before it opens tomorrow. I'm pretty sure people will be pawing through them anyway so I'm not too stressed about it. I hadn't originally planned on showing quilts but I had quite a few scrap ones so I thought I'd hang them up and see what happens.