Part of cleaning out the cupboards for the loom (and related items) was seeing for the first time the size of the "orphan block" pile - I had just been shoving random stuff in the tub for some years now. Orphan blocks happen when I can't count properly and make too many, or make a few extra just in case, or try a block or two and don't like them, or make them wrong and chuck them in the tub rather than unpicking. I hate unpicking. So for my next project I sewed together stuff from the tub. It was very quick and easy.
I have enough left over for another one, and I think I'll do another one. I like these random quilts - they have a certain charm. And it's a trip down memory lane for me because I can remember where the blocks came from, or which quilt they were meant to be in. Some are ten years old.
It's quilted in a thin spiral, not very adventurous but this type of quilt doesn't deserve anything too fancy. It's called "Awkward Breakfast". Hope you are all having a lovely Easter! Mine has been great so far, and still two days to go...
Your orphans have become one big happy family - a heartwarming Easter tale.
ReplyDeleteI really like this one, Lynley. Di M
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