If I were Gabriel Garcia Marquez I would show the quilt first and then reveal slowly how it was created. Instead I have six days to create a Cubs quilt. Yesterday I made sketches of the design and got the center block (the Cubs t-shirt). Today I went fabric shopping and decided on baseballs, with a nice blue back ground, bat fabric, and a selection of red, eggshell and royal blue. I know the blue is too dark, my plan is to use it in the binding. Those corner pieces I still don't have a plan for, but perhaps the baseball bats. I can't "see" it yet. Tonight I hope to get all the pieces cut. Right now the plan is for 12" blocks, with a 17" inch width given that i'm setting them on point. This should work out over 80 inches in width so I haven't yet sketched in a border, I'm not sure I need one yet. So.......6 days and counting.
If I were Gabriel Garcia Marquez I would show the quilt first and then reveal slowly how it was created. Instead I have six days to create a Cubs quilt. Yesterday I made sketches of the design and got the center block (the Cubs t-shirt). Today I went fabric shopping and decided on baseballs, with a nice blue back ground, bat fabric, and a selection of red, eggshell and royal blue. I know the blue is too dark, my plan is to use it in the binding. Those corner pieces I still don't have a plan for, but perhaps the baseball bats. I can't "see" it yet. Tonight I hope to get all the pieces cut. Right now the plan is for 12" blocks, with a 17" inch width given that i'm setting them on point. This should work out over 80 inches in width so I haven't yet sketched in a border, I'm not sure I need one yet. So.......6 days and counting.
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