My Reign Continues

These last few months I feel as though I have been crowned Queen of the Flip-and-Stitch Corner and, with my latest Quilts for Survivors flimsy, that reign continues. 

Those corners just seem to be prevalent in every project that I work on lately. First there were Scrappy Stars, then all of those delicate Snowballs, followed by Friendship Stars. Now I've started a quilt called Arkansas Crossroads. At least that's what I think its called. I've seen a version made with smaller blocks so I'm going with that.

The secondary pattern created by the white crosshatch blocks is really what captured my attention. Years ago I noticed a brightly coloured version of this pattern on the Missouri Star website and chalked it up to a 'some day' project; I guess 'some day' is now.

Mine is made using mostly delicate calicos that I'm very keen to try and move along to a good home - I've been looking at them for too long. Happily, my persistence is paying off as I'm getting to the end of a few pieces.

Just to keep things interesting, I've tossed in a bit of dark turquoise and deeper mauve, but the overall feel is still quite soft.

These are 16" blocks so I only need to make 12 of them to get me to a 48" x 64" flimsy and I'm half way there, but at times I get impatient with those grey corners. My kingdom for a batch of quick, straight seams! Just need to slow down and enjoy the process a little more....M