Citrus Chips -

THANKS for all of the kind comments yesterday -

I LOVE your input!! - ;))

So first I had to try Gene's suggestion of mixing both sets of blocks -

And put two Mint Chip blocks in the empty spaces on the design wall -

But I think the Mint Chip ones are too dark -
And too BLUE - and too GREEN - and too BROWN -

And detract from the "soft and pretty" colors in the Citrus Chips -

So I set them aside for now -
I have other plans for them -
And they can come out to play again later - LOL -

In the meantime - I had some holes to fill -

And I decided to add another row at the bottom -
To make the layout 6 x 8 -
Approximately 48" x 64" -

Total 48 blocks -

So now I was short 8 blocks instead of just 2 -

I "borrowed" a quick fix from a friend -

And cut some "plain" squares from the yardage -

That I had originally planned to use for the big outer border -

Since it matches one of the strips in the jelly roll -

The theory being that if I make it big enough -

It won't need a border -

And that's one less thing I have to mess with worry about - LOL -

And I think the "plain" squares blend in nicely -

I like the mix of colors on the design wall -
And think I have them spread out pretty well -

But I may need to rotate some of the blocks -
Depending on whether or not the seams will nest nicely -

So that's the plan for tomorrow -
Check which way those seams go -
And adjust the blocks accordingly -

I know that I could rush through it and try to just sew it together -

To get it done before the end of the month -

But it's not a race -

And I don't have a quota to meet -

So I'll take my time and give it my best shot -

This one and Mint Chip can be "done" next month -

Besides -

I have already sewn together SIX tops for this month -

And that's SIX more -

Than I usually have - LOL - ;))



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Two more -

Baggies/bins of blocks were found -

For two more possible flimsys before the end of the month - ;))

The first one is Citrus Chips -

The second one is Mint Chip -

They both used the same jelly roll pattern - HERE -
Scroll down until you find -
TP #303 - "Chip Off The Old Block" -
The Teacher's Pet - (c)2007 - Deirdre K. Brown -

Each baggie has 40 blocks - 8-1/2" square - to finish at 8" -

If I do a 5 x 7 layout - 35 blocks - I'll have 5 extra blocks for the back -
Approximately - 40" x 56" - without borders -

If I do a 6 x 7 layout - 42 blocks - I'll be 2 blocks short -
Approximately - 48" x 56" - without borders -

Anyway -

I pulled out the Citrus Chips blocks -

And remembered the YUMMY colors -

But putting them up on the wall -

In a 6 x 7 layout -

I can see this is not going to be a "quick" one to put together -

There is a LOT of block arranging/moving around to do -

Now I remember why both batches of blocks -

Are still in baggies - LOL - ;))



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Another flimsy - #6 -

Woof & Whiskers - Jiffy Jelly™ Quilt - is a flimsy -

Ta Dah!! - ;))

And on the kitchen floor -

So you can see the size relative to what I usually make -

Epic Prints Woof & Whiskers - HERE -

I thought it might be easier to make bigger blocks using four little ones -
But once I had them all up on the wall -
It was just as easy to "web" them "as is" -

So I set them block to block -
Layout - 8 x 10 -
Like the original pattern -
Jiffy Jelly™ Quilt from Moda - HERE -

I like using this design wall much better than the one in the hallway -

It's smaller -

But it's big enough for the size of quilts that I usually make -

And since I figured out my "TWIST" on the webbing thing -

I don't even have to get out of my chair -

Until I get to the upper rows - LOL - ;))



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Next up -

The cookie sheet/tray that I found -

Has 20 sets of 4 - dating back to April 2020 - HERE -

From the other jelly roll that matched the TT Confetti top that I just made -
Epic Prints Woof & Whiskers - HERE -

I could set them block to block -
Layout - 8 x 10 -
Like the original pattern -

Jiffy Jelly™ Quilt from Moda - HERE - LOL -

But it's easier to make bigger blocks using four little ones -

Like this one - HERE - where I had two sets of identical big blocks -

But I'll have to play with sorting them -

Because I have two different centers in each set of four little blocks -

And the same centers don't have the same "surround" -

But that's half the FUN -

Getting CREATIVE - LOL - ;))



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Another flimsy -

All webbed -

And not looking that different from the original Plan A -

Then all sewn together -

Ta Dah!! -

That makes FIVE flimsies stitched together so far this month -

1. Karma Churn Dash -
2. Upstairs/Downstairs - Sevilla Blues -
3. Hear Wave -
4. Dresden Plates -
5. TT Confetti -

I think that's a record for me - LOL -

And I have a pile of blocks almost ready for another layout -

So maybe I can go for SIX -

And break my own record -

Before the end of the month - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Lazy day -

I couldn't decide -

So I procrastinated again today -

After my "chores" -

And played games on my tablet instead - LOL - ;))

I want to THANK everyone again for their input -

The votes so far are -
Assuming I counted correctly - LOL -

Plan A - 3 votes + 2 votes yesterday = 5

Plan B - 1 vote -

Plan E - 1 vote -

Plan F - 6 votes -

Plan K - 1 vote yesterday -

At this point -

I don't much care -

I just want to sew it together -

And move on -

So I think I'll just go back to my first "gut" layout -

And put it together that way -

Plan A - wins - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

More playtime -

With my Confetti - by Timeless Treasures - HERE -
aka TT-Confetti - quilt blocks - ;))

Yesterday I had some layouts on my design wall -

And got several opinions on favorites -

THANK YOU!! -

I appreciate all of the input - and comments -

MANY heads are better than just mine at seeing stuff -

That should be obvious to me -

But isn't sometimes - ;))

Today I couldn't decide if I wanted to play with more layouts or not -

So I procrastinated -

And spent most of the day playing games on my tablet -

Then I finally decided to play a little -

So - here are a couple more -

Just for fun -

Plan G -

Plan H -

Plan I -

I think the last one is the most "balanced" -

But looking at the photo now -

I realize that the first two in Row #2 should be switched -

So here's Plan J -

Then I got comment from "another lefty" -

Who pointed out the oddball red/white one -

The third one in the bottom row -

Which seemed out of place in most of the previous versions -

So I moved it one last time for -

Plan K -

I know I could/should take another vote -

And I could also move them around for d.a.y.s. and/or w.e.e.k.s. -

But it never will be "perfect" -

So I think I'm done playing and moving them around -

And will just sew it together now -

I have other stuff that I want to do - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

Playtime -

With my Confetti - by Timeless Treasures - HERE -
aka TT-Confetti - quilt blocks - ;))

Yesterday I had a couple of layouts on my design wall -

Plan A -

Was scrapped in favor of -

Plan B -
Rows - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 -

Then I wanted to move the bottom row to the top -
And scooch the rest of the rows down one step -
Putting a dark row at each end -
To balance it out a bit more -

But I decided to move Row #4 to the top instead -

Plan C -
Rows - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 -

Then I thought I could swap the original Row #1 and Row #4 -
To keep Row #3 in the middle -
It has the only black/white and red/white sets -

But I already had Row #4 at the top -
So I swapped the third and fourth rows in this version -

Plan D -
Rows - 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 5 -
Row 3 - blocks - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -

I liked that one -

But decided to swap the first and third blocks in the middle row -
And got -

Plan E -
Rows - 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 5 -
Row 3 - blocks - 3 - 2 - 1 - 4 -

Then -

One more swap -

Top row - the first two blocks with the last two blocks -

Plan F -

It's fun to play with them for a little while -

But it's MORE fun to sew them together -

So - before I do that -

Which one do you like best? -

Or should I swap something else? - ;))



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Design Wall - Thursday -

The blocks that I found on the cookie sheet/tray -

Were from early April - 4/2/20 - HERE -

And were cut for the Confetti - by Timeless Treasures - HERE -
aka TT-Confetti -

I also made the obligatory "one of these is not like the others" -

And posted about it - HERE - LOL -

Today I put them up on the wall -

With all of the darker blocks at the bottom -

As a first look-see -

And then I swapped the first two in the top row -

With the first two in the second row -

And reversed them dark/light to follow the sequence in the rest of the row -

Now - looking at the photos -

I think that I could move the bottom row to the top -

And scooch the rest of the rows down one step -

Putting a dark row at each end -

To balance it out a bit more -

Or swap the top row and the fourth row -

To keep row three in the middle -

It has the only black/white and red/white sets -

And -

I could probably re-arrange them f.o.r.e.v.e.r. -

But I don't want to spend that much time on it -

Because there are only twenty blocks -

And they will never be that far away from something similar -

So either of those might be a quick fix -

What do you think? - ;))



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Another flimsy -

My Dresden Plates is a flimsy!! - ;))

This one dates back to March 8, 2013 - HERE -

I'm sooooooooo glad that I strung it out over several years -

There's no way I would have been able to make it from start to finish -

All in a short period of time -

Without totally burning out on it -

It was too labor-intensive -

So it really needed to be a "long-term" project -

And the blocks shrinking thing was "much ado about nothing" -

Either that or I was on "automatic" when it came to "fudging" - LOL -

Anyway - here it is on the design wall -

Ta Dah!! -

And on the kitchen floor -
So you can compare the size to others that I have made -
It's roughly 54" x 72" -

And some close-ups -

I like the "pop" of the PURPLE batik -

That's the only color NOT in the background blocks -

I had to get "creative" in the pressing -

There's a whole lot of layers in there -

And quilting this puppy might be a challenge -

I'm going to have to stay away from all of those bulky seams - LOL - ;))

After I took the photos -

I looked around for my "next" project -

And found a cookie sheet/tray with some finished blocks -

That just need to be put up on the design wall -

I'll show you that tomorrow -

So maybe I can get another flimsy together this week -

Maybe - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -