Yesterday I wrote about the start of the crumb block quilt design phase. Today I have to actually put my thoughts together into a cohesive design!!!
The first decision was to have the geese move in a left to right direction so that you can follow them across the quilt. This also meant that the crumb block would float to different corners of the block…..
The black block was going to be in the center, but I wasn’t sure that I wanted to add flying geese to it so tried just putting borders around it…..
I liked that better, but it looked a bit bland, so I added a small strip of a multi-color fabric that I found on the shelf…..
…and really like the way it separated the black block from the others.
In the final piecing, I made the strip a bit wider and probably should have centered it better in the borders, but I am still happy with how it looks….
Let me say once again how pleased I am with having all of my fabric out so that I can see it at one time. I would NEVER have remembered this multi-color fabric as it would have been in a completely different box!!!
My plan was to go up the next day and pick some borders but, the more that I looked at the quilt, I didn’t want to add anything else to it. So this top is FINISHED!!!
I really like this layout design and can see where it would work with almost any 8 inch block. I am looking forward to doing some more playing with it!!
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I should have looked further on before I left my last comment. This looks wonderful. It has come together so well.
I think they layout is great for these blocks .
The geese are a great addition.