A New Hand Stitching Project

New year, new project. I've been missing having a quilt to hand piece and my recent Pinterest trolling has filled that void for me. It's a free Moda pattern called Quadrangle. 

Of course it's scrappy and there are lots of neutrals to play with, too. 

For whatever reason, I printed a photo of the inspiration quilt but didn't have the smarts to Pin it so it's taken a bit of time to track down the source again. It would have helped considerably if I had been searching for 'quadrangle' rather than 'quartile'. Sigh. If I only had a brain... 

Anyway, huge thanks to suepatch12 (her photo) for her inspiration. Isn't it lovely?

I was somewhat surprised when I saw the original pattern as it is much denser than Sue's. By choosing to make every alternate block a neutral instead of a pieced block she has made it beautifully light and airy. 

I'm taking the neutrals up a notch, using a random assortment in each block rather than only a single neutral in each. Thinking I might forgo the cornerstones in the sashing too, but we will see. Love being able to work on something without running down to the machine; so relaxing....M