A NEW quilt in the midst of the madness!

In yesterday’s post, I talked about the frustrations that I am having with my current scrap project.

So what am I about to do now???

Start another one of course!!

It started with this overflowing box of 2-inch squares…..

….plus this other box of blue 2-inch squares….

The 2-inch size is not one that I use a lot…nothing like the 2.5-inch ones.

So, I wanted to find a design that would work with these, and THIS TIME, I wanted a plan for it and not just start piecing.

SO….on Tuesday I was perusing Facebook (as we all do), and I saw a woman who had posted thes two pictures….

HMMM…maybe a triple Irish Chain???

I hopped on to Electric Quilt and started playing. Although I liked the original design, I decided that I might want to tweek it a bit. What if I changed the layout to 5×5 rather than 7×7.

The main blocks will look like this…..

AND what if I altered the center of the block to something like this….

But when I put them into a quilt, it was just too much….

Then I changed the alternating block to this…..

….the final quilt looked like this……

I like that better because it does add some open spaces.

So, I kept playing and designed this block….

.Now I get something like this…..

Now THAT…..I REALLY like!!

My guild retreat is coming up in less than two weeks and I was trying to think of something to work on and I think this might be it!!

Since it will be totally scrappy, I won’t have to worry about color placement.

I have decided to use a bunch of different whites for the “background” I don’t have tons of these already cut so I will pull out the Accuquilt this week and get to cutting. It looks like I will need 25 for each 2-block set.

I think that using a lot of whites will give it some sparkle.

I am much happier with the thought of having a plan for this quilt and also knowing that I can just sit and sew and NOT THINK!!

So, maybe this quilt will move me from the brink of madness, but the jury is still out!!

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