Introducing Circumspect

In July 2018 Cherie of the Quilted Jonquil

gave me these leftover pieces and parts

from one of her ongoing RSC projects before 

I did a lecture/trunk show for her quilt guild.

They've been sitting in a project box since then - 

waiting for the right idea to come along.

I labeled the project box Circumspect for "well-considered"

Little did I know that was a prophetic choice.

It definitely took a while for that idea to arrive.

In January of 2020 I happened upon this image online 

and instantly thought of those waiting pieces and parts.

(inspiration quilt from the Temecula Quilt Company's

book titled Returing to Temecula / Patchwork Plates design)

I took apart quite a few of the paired broken dishes blocks

and assembled a few more from the remaining parts.

(Cherie spins her seams so lots of seam-ends 

had to be re-stitched once the pairs were taken apart)

The shirting blocks were then paired with squares cut 

from two companionable long-stashed greens 

to create blocks that measured 4.5" x 8.5"

Here they are randomly pinned on the design wall

ready to be clipped and webbed into a quilt top.

I don't think I'll fuss with rearranging anything -

I like the scrappiness just the way it is.

Ta- Da!  

A quilt top all sewn together and pressed. 

But now I'm thinking that it needs borders . . . 

After a bit of rummaging one evening

I pulled this grayish-brown from the stash

to use for borders and binding.

The fabrics to the left are for a scrappy back.

I cut strips for the borders and sewed them in place.

NO NO NO -- NOT good.

So I used my new razor ripper

(shared by Mrs. Goodneedle here)

and had all four long strips removed

in less time that it would have taken

to use my regular seam ripper

 on one short side.

Impressed I am.

With the top settled, 

I started on the scrappy back

only to find that the plan there

wasn't working so well either.

Back to the stash . . . again.

In one of the resource boxes

I found several lengths of

Carrie Bloomston's Story newsprint

left after previous projects.

With only a few seams to be stitched

Circumspect will soon have a much better backing.

(yes - there are two slightly different shades

in the backing strips - why?

Some are from 42" wide yardage and others

are from 108" wide back yardage)

Quiltdivajulie

-----------------------------------------------
“People are hungry for stories.  It’s part of our very being.  Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too.  It goes from one generation to another.”
Studs Terkel