Yup. Not what I thought would happen.
I had decided on 3" finished for this round and so I had the brainwave of going into my 3" squares little tray to see if I had any appropriate pinks. And I did! I also came across the light pinks and that gave me the idea to put those in the centre of each side.
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Love! So excited! |
I know, I know, I can hear many of you in my head going wait! Sandra! You need 3.5" squares… I originally thought I would put a rail fence strip between the snowball blocks comprised of three 1" strips and so I went digging to find a pink, a cream and a light blue. When I set them out in a potential strip beside the snowball block, I realized my error. This would be why my snowball blocks have a rather large amount of 'snow' in their corners.
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The rail fence would be three 1" strips = 3.5" unfinished and my snowball blocks are 3" right now |
Note the small amount left of the gorgeous Fossil Fern (called Impressions then) Benartex fabric from 2006 - I know the date because I bought it for in my mum's 70th birthday quilt. I hope to still use it up in this quilt somewhere.
Now what? Since the rail fence plan went out the window.
Back into my plastic drawers I went. In the drawer of floral fabric chunks I found this stripe. It looked like it was 3" wide… And it was.
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Were my snowballs 3.5", then the corners would've finished at 1", and the triple rail fence would've run into them just perfectly. Ah well. It will be just fine! |
This chunk of fabric is what I bought from my LQS for the quilt I made for Brianne when I'd won the blocks in the draw she *made me enter (If you don't recall the story, she was 9; I was in the little fabric shop that had some quilting cottons, but mainly fancy dress fabric, to buy some velvet for fancy collars, on the dresses I was making her and Dayna, and she spied the little block draw, which I ended up winning, and which was the catalyst for the dressmaking to pretty much end and the quilting passion take off in earnest). So this fabric is from 1995, when I had to learn how to get the blocks I'd won into a quilt. I used it for the border. If you're interested in seeing that quilt and reading its story, click here. It is such pretty fabric, and I did use some in a little paper-pieced wallhanging I made Brianne for in her room, but there is still a bit left, too pretty to toss. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has (cough) 30-year-old fabric chunks in their stash!
Now for round 2!
I love these fabrics! I have a feeling this will be a very special quilt when it's finished!
ReplyDeleteI love how this round evolved and that you were able to use up existing blocks from stash!
ReplyDeleteThere's something very feminine and old fashioned about this one. Pretty.
ReplyDeleteYep, you're not the only one with 30 year old fabric in your stash. Glad it all worked out in the end. Looking forward to seeing round two.
ReplyDeleteThe is so pretty. I’m glad you had to change your plan because the floral fits the block so well. So let’s have a who has the oldest fabric contest. I worked on a block today with fabric I used in my niece’s baby quilt. She turned 44 last September. These bits of history are what make our quilts so meaningful to us as we make them. I’m skipping SAHRR this year, but I’m enjoying what everyone else is making.
ReplyDeleteVery nice and I'm on catchup and enjoying what you've been up to of late. My favourite colour is pink so this really sings for me. Take care & hugs from down under.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great interpretation of this prompt! I love the way you are inspired, and then, change plans and find more inspiration. It is always a treat to see what you come up with…and it will be fun to see how this grows into a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love your plan so far!
ReplyDeleteSandra, this border is great! I do love that you changed your plan, even though it wasn't what you originally were going for! Great interpretation. I do love that fabric you used between your snowball blocks.
ReplyDeleteThat turned out perfectly, Sandra! I love all those pretty florals. It was fun to go back and read about your first quilt, too. "I never win anything" - famous last words, right?!
ReplyDeleteSometimes happy accidents really do work out. That's the fun of the SAHRR, to end up somewhere unexpected. I'm not sure I have fabric that old in my stash, but maybe. How fun that you used some of it in this project.
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