Another one pieced and a sample

     I have a 110 year old Singer 15 treadle in a parlor cabinet. I love the stitches. I needed some relaxation, and not being a big TV watcher, I webbed the gray and color batik rectangle blocks. It was very satisfying. So, another top done and ready for quilting. I got the idea from Sarah's Rockin' Rectangles lessons.

         I got a comfort quilt request for a little boy who is going to undergo some scary surgery. I tried some sample blocks of broken dishes with dark colors and light prints. I put them on the wall and looked at them. I don't think they have the punch I was hoping for. I think I will try another pattern I saw from the Quilted Twins and scare up some super hero, monsters, and dinosaur fabric which are his likes.

Inspired by saturated fall colors

      First a real fall riot of zinnia colors from the front of my house to set the scene.

     A while back, Sarah posted a quilt that I printed out and cut some strips of gray for and batik scrap strips, I had my mother sew the pairs together and finally was able to get them on my design wall. I clipped all the colunms and will sew this web style when I have some free time. 
    This quilt reminds me of all the fall color I see around me. It also forced me to use more saturated colors.

To finish about 60 x 72"

Moved from one quilt to another

     In my organization quest, I took fabric cut and part of a Judy Niemeyer quilt that I pulled the plug on and reassigned it after reading Sarah's post about her new effort, Rockin' Rectangles. I loved the quilt with the blue rectangles, a little way down. So, along with what was already cut, I added some more rectangles (2.5" x 6.5"), and auditioned a bunch of backgrounds.
     My goal was to have the background not stand out above the other strips, but not to be shoved in the back like it was pinned a white design wall. I tried all sorts of fabrics.

Narrowed down to three

Down to two.

      I don't usually pick a dark background, but with these batik colors, the darker gray seemed to brighten them and almost make them float instead of looking like blank space.
     I cut the background gray rectangles, put all fabric together with graph paper and Sarah's inspiration, and bagged it. It will be a good project when I just have some time or need to mindlessly sew.