Week 2 update

I spent a majority of my week measuring my bed/mattress, consulting quilt size charts, and refiguring my Orange Peel Quilt.  I have figured that I can remove 2 rows, and still have the quilt fit my bed. I have also considered adding a teal, so the yellow doesn't look like the third wheel.  I am feeling the burnout of making these blocks, mostly from over thinking the design. I now only have 21 orange peels left to cut out of fabric.  I also took some time to lay out some of my blocks.  On a side note, since taking these pictures, the single orange peels have been attached to the muslin squares. As a side note, the quilt will now be a 10x12 grid.

So, I have Option A:


I love the controlled look of this quilt. I love the yellow.  However, I don't love the yellow as lines.  I was hoping there was a way to get the yellow to intersect.  Now I am wondering about making yellow and grey "orange blossoms" and have the navy blue as "lattice" lines.  


Then, came a "NOPE!"


Finally, I made 5 more blocks from the laundry basket of scraps.


While making these blocks, I have come across multi-colored  string blocks like these, and some string triangles from other quilts.  If I remember, I'll post a before and current picture of the basket, along with my findings. I have also been adding fabric to the basket from the Orange Peel quilt.


While I know this does not look like much quilting, I did have quite a bit of sewing to do this week.  I had to fix a seam on my husband's pants, and then I had to sew patches on cub scout uniforms.  On one uniform I had to unstitch all the patches from a hand me down uniform.  Let me just say I was excited to break into my Gutermann 26 spool thread box that I received for Christmas.  Honestly, cub scout uniform is the main reason I wanted the the spool box, and the threads matched the patches so well, that one cannot see the sewing machine stitches.

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