Last week, before I went out of town, I started a new “housetop” quilt. I had the idea of making random patches of color, and machine quilting concentric circles on top of the square shapes. The title is “God Speaks,” as in “God spoke from the whirlwind.”
So I started with a wonderful bundle of Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons in all shades of red. I got this at Hancock’s during my trip to Paducah. It looked so pretty like that, it was kind of hard to take it apart.
This is where I left off last week.
And this is the organized pile of strips and squares that was waiting for me.
I worked pretty steadily all day, and finished up by 4pm. Just in time for my afternoon coffee and snack! I am not 100% sure I like this quilt. There is a lot of blank space for quilting, and I do have a lot of ideas about what I want to include on it, so we will see.
When I work on these quilts, I do no measuring, and I just cut the strips with scissors. This makes for some interesting joins, but it is a very fun and freeing way to work. You might notice that I used some prints in this quilt. I have only been using solids in the housetop quilts. I think I like the solids better.
And now, lap time with the doggies, and a little more stitching with the perle cotton!!
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