Did you see Bonnie Hunter’s new Leader and Ender challenge? The challenge is to make Lozenges blocks. I had seen the blocks before but never knew their name.
Before I started anything new I vowed to finish up the last of my spool blocks. I had already had 280 done so I quick finished up the 29 more that were cut out.
I know I read that Bonnie has a quilt in her upcoming book that uses these spool blocks. I have mine set aside and will wait to see if I have enough or if I like her layout. I heard her new will be out before long so I am pretty excited.
So I decided I’d start on some Lozenges blocks.
I think they are a go so I cut out a whole container of them…
I really should be sewing other projects…but sometimes even if I am chasing deadlines, I still just want to sew something that isn’t a deadline.
I did get two quilt backings put together.
I can’t show you the quilts but I can tell you that these backings are perfect for the quilts.
I should have shown off our completed quilts and stitching projects from last year’s Fit to Frame and Pieceful Nights but I am sorry to say that we just aren’t that far along at this point. Neither Kelli or I can keep up with projects that have to be finished right now….and I have to stop and finish Kelli’s wedding quilt. Our apologies to those who sewed along with us last year.
To see what other’s are working on, check out Patchwork Times.
Hey, Jo, I can’t tell if you are using browns on your opposite corners or if you consider them neutral. I think Bonnie is using a dark, maybe black, on her opposing corners so the intersections form a quarter square. Could be your design decision, but didn’t want you to have another chevron episode LOL.
I love using leaders and enders! Nice to see what everyone else is doing!
Love that bright “button” fabric. WIsh I could find fabric like that to finish a couple of quilts. I seem to use a lot of polka dots for backings!
Diannia
She’s doing OK, Libby. Each dark rectangle has all 4 corners in lights, and each light rectangle has all 4 corners in darks. I don’t think Jo’s sewn any light rectangles with dark corners yet. From the 2″ squares that are cut, Jo’s probably using a variety of darks, as in the original antique quilt, rather than blacks.
I joined in on Bonnie’s lozenge blocks too, even though I have yet to put together the split nine patch blocks I did this past year…will be a small one on that, but hoping for lots more lozenges!