Conundrum - The Flimsy

This is where Conundrum was earlier in the week.

And despite making these decisions,

I shared that the jury was still deliberating.

While the deliberations continued,

I kept sewing sets of four triangles into blocks.

(it took longer to press the many seams in 

the 35 blocks than it did to sew them together)

After seeing the pressed but untrimmed blocks 

laying on the table, the jury came back with a verdict.

NO sashing -- NO cornerstones

So the blocks were squared to 6.5" 

and laid out on the design wall accordingly.

And I realized almost immediately

exactly where this wall quilt will hang -

on the entry wall of my design studio.

(the blue kaleidoscope quilt has been there for years

and it's time for a bit of a shake up)

Optic Strings and Conundrum waiting patiently

on the ironing table for their turn to be pressed.

What a transformation!

30.5" wide x 42" long

And yes, I did stitch all around the edges

to help stabilize the many, many seam ends.

The secondary designs move and shift

depending on where you are standing

and whether or not you squint a bit.

Not too shabby for a stack of 

sacrificial scrappy corner segments.

I've chosen this well-aged Keiko Goke for Yuwa

"Plaid Stripe" yardage for the backing.

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Like Optic Strings, Conundrum is

part of the UandU Challenge.

There are a few linked posts

at the bottom of this page

if you want to read Conundrum's back story.

Quiltdivajulie

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