knitNkwilt

I’ve been pondering what my quilt needs while waiting for the fourth prompt from Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts. Her prompt to make blocks with curves came, and I’m still pondering.

I need to decide what fabric to use for the background. I’d been wanting to think of a way to shift from blue to natural for the background. But I haven’t been able tot think of any plan that I had enough blue fabric for. So the decision was made for me to get more blue, which I can do on Wednesday–assuming it is still available. Another thing the quilt wants is a repeat of the colors in the hourglass block. And I need to decide what to do with the corners. Yet another thing I need to figure out is how to use a variety of browns and a couple colors that are in the batik. This is not optional because I don’t have enough of the dark brown to make many more blocks or borders.

So I made two sample blocks with curves and am waiting for the fifth prompt in the hopes that it will give me an idea that will meet the design needs I’ve noted. Note, the background is pale blue print, not the white that shows in the photo.

I may use the above blocks as circles, squares, or triangles. One idea is to add the next border and then appliqué circles from the above square in the dip they are positioned over. Or they may be inserted into a background as circles and placed above the dips they are positioned above. (Making circles would be a double use of the curve prompt.) I might make a row of triangles out of them to use all around the quilt for a border. And we’ll see how many other ideas pass through my head before I make a decision.

Stay tuned.

Are you surprised to see this one so soon? Emily of The Darling Dogwood has posted round 3, and it is to use blocks with an animal theme. You will be able to see the progress of other participants at her site as they post. Since one of her examples of an animal block was the bear paw block, and since I had that as center and cornerstones, I considered my work of r the week already accomplished. I hope you don’t see that as cheating. =)

Once before I had started a quilt with poultry in the block names. It was before my blogging days and even before online photo library days. It remains a UFO. But I did pull one reject from the collection to be the center of another round robin made during COVIC 19 days (only that one allowed two months between prompts). Since the center block was Turkey in the Straw, I named the quilt Square Dance.

It has since been finished, but I can’t find a photo to prove it.

eNote to self for future medallion quilts: choose a multicolored center. My goal for the next round of the current SAHRR quilt is to integrate the two color ways that are very separate now. Maybe even to incorporate some mauve from the batik in round 1.

Kathleen McMusing gave the prompt for round 2 on her blog; that is also where you will find the link where participants report their progress. The prompt was “Make it a double.” Although she gave many options I stopped at the double four-patch because it fit another plan I had in waiting for my quilt. My center orphan block (14 inches) had a little sister (7 inches) that I had planned to deconstruct and use as cornerstones in some future border where it worked. I did the math and by adding 1 1/2-inch coping borders, I’d have a 24-inch center to work with, and that would work with 1 1/2-inch squares. The quilt got a lot bigger than I had planned at round two, so it is no longer going to be 45 x 45 inches finished. I’ll work with it and see what size I end up with. Right now it is 36 x 36 inches.

The background is more blue, thought still light, than the photo shows. I hadn’t intended that fabric to be background when I bought it, thinking to use white or cream. I’ll either shop for more or make do with what I have. So much depends on what the next clue is.

Off to check on other participants’ progress. And then to see what others have going in the To Do Tuesday linky party.