Something From Nothing

I'm a little giddy with my Quadrangle quilt progress this week.

A few evenings of hand stitching while watching TV and I now have seven (eight?) blocks made and ready to be pressed. It's particularly welcome on those days when I'm pooped and don't have the motivation to trundle down to the machine.

With everything cut and the coloured squares bundled and ready to go, it's easy to pick things up and make a little progress every time. The greatest part of this type of sewing is that, with the exception of several neutrals that I am using, almost everything came from my 2.5" scraps. That's when I pat myself on the back for taking the time to trim remnants rather than pitching them in the trash. A beautiful way to get something from 'nothing'!....M

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