Final Block and Layout Decisions

I drew this block yesterday afternoon, inspired by the 6" Indiana Rose block in my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler



And here are all 25 blocks laying on my living room floor.

I had been assuming I would do some type of sashing between the blocks and was thinking of something like this (ignore all the colors)

It's kind of a reverse of the sashing my friend Linda has used on her set. She's more ambitious than I am and I think she plans a pretty elaborate border, possibly appliqued. I just want a plain border..maybe won't be the traditional Baltimore Album look, but then I seldom do things the traditional way.

After seeing the blocks laid out I'm now leaning towards either no sashing at all or a blended sashing of the same background or another light color. What do you all think?

And in my goal to continue to use my stash, the idea of using this fabric for the border has been growing on me.

I bought this about 3 years ago at Nuts and Bolts in Yoder, KS. Considering it wasn't purchased with any project in mind, it's kind of amazing how well the colors seem to tie into this quilt.

I'm sure open to comments, even if it's to say I've totally lost my mind!

And One More BA Block

Here's another block that I think would look lovely repeated for a whole quilt. It's my version of a pattern by Bonnie McCaffery published in Quiltmaker Magazine in 2000.





Just one more block and I will have 25 and I think that will be it. I haven't done too bad..7 blocks in the last 9 days.

One More

I no sooner posted the other siggies than the mail lady delivered this lovely from Betty in West Virginia. Thank you Betty!

Siggie Catch-up

I've been lazy about posting the wonderful siggies that have arrived in the last couple of weeks. It is so much fun to receive the creative blocks and letters.

Jannine from The Netherlands

Jolanda, also from The Netherlands

Joyce from Florida

Renate from Germany

Who else wants to trade?

Crocus Wreath

Here's my block for today. It's a modified version of Crocus Wreath from Quilter's Cache. I think an entire quilt using this block would be great. A couple of my flowers are a little wonky, but that's character, right?

The background fabric is the same on all of these blocks, even if it looks different in the pictures. I don't always get the color adjustment the same.