Paying It Forward

These are sewn/pressed HST blocks

for a quilt layout 12 wide x 15 long.

Along the way I fell out of love so

I emailed Alycia to see if they could be used

as the start of a QOV for a navy veteran.

(color palette was inspired by a photo of 

my grandson playing on the Atlantic beach in NC)

She happily said "YES!"

so these are now on their way to Colorado.

Shoshin is currently enroute to Linda S of Art in Search

who makes the most wonderful comfort quilts.

I have sent her tops and backings before

and now seemed right to send her a few more.

Ludic is in that same box to Linda.

This top is smaller so I included fabric for borders

as well as enough binding strips for the larger size quilt.

Blithe is the third quilt top/back heading to Linda's house.

(I swapped out that fabulous elephant backing

and substituted this Kaffe Tiddlywinks yardage)

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It feels good to pay it forward.

Quiltdivajulie

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“I think hope and magic are most probably connected.”

Kate DiCamillo

Ludic - the Flimsy

The top for Ludic is sewn together.

(adjective - playful in an aimless way)

Thanks to Cathy L for the layout idea.

The colors are a bit less "yellow" in real life.

Detail shot for the many scrappy fabrics.

Top measures 48" wide (sixteen 3" HSTs) 

by 64" long (twenty-one 3" HSTs).

(you can see more of my HST quilts HERE)

I will use this for the backing

but FMQ will likely not happen early 2022.

Quiltdivajulie

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“Green is the colour of hope.”

Oscar De La Renta

Ludic - the Layout

LUDIC - "playful in an aimless way"

In July of 2020, I die cut enough HSTs

to make several different quilts.

Ludic is one of them.

I've been leader-ender-ing these HSTs for a long time

so it felt really good to actually get them on the design wall.

My original plan for these was similar to Poppyseed's quilt.

But then Cathy shared a recent quilt top finish and . . . 

I quickly counted my pink, aqua, and green HSTS

(all paired with a variety of grays)

then pulled out graph paper and color pencils

to create a sketch for my 3" finished blocks.

YES -  exactly enough HSTs for this layout!

I had a few leftovers but two of the colors used

each and every one of their HSTs.

I could not have planned it more accurately.

Next step will be to clip these so I can web the top together.

Which brings me to an earlier quilt top 

made using the same layout - Plenty of Plaids.

 I've always liked Plenty of Plaids but

I absolutely love the energy of Ludic so . . . 

Plenty of Plaids is on its way to Linda S.

so it can become a comfort quilt. 

Quiltdivajulie

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“The whole world is gray, and if you just appreciate that, if you just understand and appreciate it, then it’s beautiful.”

Hank Green