Monday, May 26, 2014

My Design Wall

I know it seems as if I am not doing any sewing and I'm not doing a lot, but I do have some things on my design wall.



This is a 16 patch which I saw on Nicolette's blog.  I loved it and I thought I could use up lots of 4 inch strips that I had cut out several months ago.  I think I was planning to do a star quilt or something, but it was all in purples and it just didn't turn me on.  My design wall is doing double duty.  You can see some maple leaf blocks behind the 16 patches.  I still have two more blocks to make on that one.

If I make the 16 patch quilt 4 blocks by 5 blocks, as Nicolette has done, the quilt will measure 56 inches by 70 inches.  I might add another row to the bottom to make it 84 inches long.  This will fit my bed better, since I am still using a hospital bed and that measures 36 by 80.

In my garden there is lots of colour.  I especially like blue flowers, so here are my Virginia Bluebells - Mertensia virginica.  I just love these!





5 comments:

Terry said...

Your bluebells are beautiful! :0)

Wacky Woman said...

I also have a mish mash up on my design wall right now. Love your flowers. And, they really do look blue. Something I've always believed only existed in plastic or silk.

Mary K said...

I always look forward to seeing your flowers. I started looking around more because of you. Thanks.

Rosa said...

Just beautiful!!

dutchcomfort said...

Love your 16 patch blocks! Aren’t they fun to make?