My sweet 14-year-old got her top braces off yesterday. We left our house at 7:30 and didn't get home until 4:15. I have been under the weather (yes, that's me coughing and hacking), so I was completely exhausted after all that running around.
We went to Hobby Lobby for a couple specific things. I always peruse the quilt magazines while I'm there. I saw this little runner (17" x 23") and decided to give it a go.
It is a FREE pattern from Fons and Porter. I love free patterns. I cut out a bunch of strips this morning, sewed them together, subcut some units, and some triangles.
Here is the quilt laid out on my design wall. It is in perfectly OCD rows of green and red zigzags. I tried to mix them up as I laid them out, but I. could. not.
I sewed a bunch of strips up and ended up with about twice as many red units as green. One of the things that appealed to me about the original quilt's picture is that the colors are all red and green, but they are mixed up. Can *I* do THAT?? I'm gonna try before I call it a finished design layout. I want to be less perfectionist, but old habits die hard. Stay tuned.
~Joan
3 comments:
What a gorgeous runner!! Hope you are well soon!
*LOL* Laughing at a fellow OCD quilter!! I love the runner, but I would have the same problem you are having! : )
That is going to be smashing. Just go for it Joan, break the "rules" I think it will turn out great.
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