Granny's Choice

Grandmother's Choice this week is Granny's Choice. The block was easy to make and I am pleased with the way it turned out. Besides the Kaffe print, the striped fabric is from Lakehouse. The blue swirly fabric has been sitting on the shelf for several years,and sadly, I am not able to say what fabric company released it.

Inspiration

Here's the inspiration photo for the setting I hope to achieve with my Grandmother's Choice blocks. The challenge will be to find the right fabrics for the alternate squares.

Fiddling Around

One block eliminated, a new one added (top left), and everything rearranged. Better. Getting there.

Some of the participant's in Grandmother's Choice Block of the Week have been constructing their quilts as they go along. I am still deciding on a layout. Tending towards an on point medallion type of thing. Very early stages. Anyway here's a peek at some of the blocks laid out. The alternate squares would actually be half square triangles with a light and a dark side. No doubt I am making this harder than it needs to be but just sewing all the blocks next to each other with sashing and cornerstones seems so ho hum.

 I can see by this photo that the light background fabrics need to have more oomph. The upper two thirds of the blocks have Kaffe Fassett's Aboriginal Dots in white with blue dots. The bottom one third has Kaffe's Spot fabric which is white with light aqua dots. I like the very bottom dark purple fabric for some of the dark triangles, but it's all very much subject to change as things evolve. As Monica has mentioned so wisely, blogging has turned out to be a great editing and design tool. Who knew? I certainly didn't.

All Together

Here are the folded log cabin blocks all together so far. I see there needs to be some serious editing. For some reason, a few of the blocks I made way back when have dark center squares instead of gold/yellow. Some look really muddy and blur the pattern made by the strips. No sweat, though, as these are so much fun to do. It's a good excuse to make more.

Two more Log Cabin Blocks

Two more folded log cabin blocks done! These are beginning to be a bit addictive.

Folded Log Cabin

Folded Log Cabin block number six. Halfway through! Not totally happy with the rather bright yellow center, but some fabric paint may fix that later.  I am now on the lookout for an interesting piece of metal or wood to use as a hanger for the finished project. Sara Kaufman has found very interesting pieces of tree branches and industrial metal to finish off her wallhangings.

Coffee Cup

Coffee Cup is the latest Grandmother's Choice block posted this morning. Alert Readers (ARs) may have noticed a new button to the right, "Jack Attack." I spent the afternoon at a local fabric shop playing photographer for a friend who was teaching this class. After the baby quilts are completed, and a few more of the folded log cabin blocks, I will work on a Union Jack quilt.