In the midst of finishing old projects earlier this year, I started a few new ones (and this is why I always have too many UFOs). I was skimming through Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns earlier this year and playing around in EQ7 to see how different patterns looked together when I designed this one. I call it 'Noughts and Crosses.'
I don't often use whites/creams as a background, but I did with in this one. I think the colors are unusual, but they work.
As a geologist, I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually make a quilt in the traditional 'Rolling Stone' pattern.
I like the deep gray background and the color fade from yellow to orange to green in the blocks.
I had some leftover blocks that I didn't want to turn into another UFO, so they went on the back.
I pulled out a string quilting project to work on over the holidays. Maybe I can get a little momentum going. I set up an old black Singer 15-91 from 1951 in the cabinet that I painted last January; it is oiled up and ready to go.
