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Monday, July 2, 2012

Design Wall Monday 7/2/2012

My design wall has been mostly empty since I finished my Storm at Sea quilt and delivered it to my longarm quilter Jan.  I tried to do some cleaning up in the sewing room, but mostly have been pulling out old projects to see which one inspires me to work on it.  I hope to continue finishing up some of the many UFOs that are filling my shelves.


The current leading contender for next project is this Pineapple Star that was started in a workshop with Sharon Rexroad in 2003.  This is one of the collection of projects that were begun in the late 1990s/early 2000s, then packed away while I was on the road for several years.  It's time to get this one finished!  I always liked the way the first group of blocks looked together, but wanted to take it further.

 

I have been playing with some design ideas for this in EQ7.  The image below is one possibility, although I couldn't get the corners to work out right.   I need to go through my leftover fabrics and see how many blocks I can make from what is there.  I just discovered that most of the fabric at the center of the blocks got used to line a tote bag.  I may have to remake that bag lining if I run out of the fabric for this quilt.  Maybe there's an interior pocket that I could steal!

 


Check out all the amazing design walls at Patchwork Times  You can't help but be inspired!

Julie
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10 comments:

  1. scraphappyJuly 2, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    It is always so sad when some of the fabric necessary to finish a quilt gets stolen away. At least you can steal it back it you need to. Great design, I hope it all works out.

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  2. Sue DaurioJuly 2, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    Wow, love the EQ7 quilt. Gorgeous! And your star is wonderful.

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  3. ~Kris~July 2, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    What a beautiful design! It is so eye catching. this looks like a fun UFO!

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  4. carol funJuly 2, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    What a great star! I love your EQ design idea too. Once I ended up sacrificing a blouse I made to finish a quilt. It was worth it. I still have the quilt and the blouse would be out of style -LOL good luck with the quilt!

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  5. Glen QuiltSwissyJuly 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    What an incredible quilt that will be!
    glen

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  6. AnnieOJuly 2, 2012 at 11:09 AM

    Beautiful star! What an amazingly intricate design--I'm sure you will come up with just the right complement for the corners.

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  7. Marlene @ KISSed Quilts . comJuly 2, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    lovely!!!!! I love experimenting in EQ too!!

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  8. MarjJuly 2, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Those color combinations and block designs are beautiful. Hope that you find enough of the fabric to complete them.

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  9. Gari in ALJuly 2, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    Your star is beautiful. I am impressed that you can pick it up again after 9 years: I wouldn't remember how I did what. But I look forward to seeing your progress.

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  10. KateJuly 2, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    Beautiful! Hope you find enough of the center fabric to finish your vision.

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