Thursday, February 24, 2011

Scrap HSTs

I somehow hurt my knee over the weekend.  Don't ask me how, but I can barely bend it, so I am having trouble getting up out of a chair and stairs are impossible.  I cannot get downstairs to do laundry or get at my longarm.  I just need to quilt the feathers in the centre of the piece and I can't get down to do it.  I have traced the design on tracing paper for all four sections and I hope to follow them on the squares.  I am not confident enough to freehand them because I want them to be the same.  One day I will win the lottery and purchase a Statler or one of the other computerized systems, but right now it is just me. 

So the whole point of this post is to show the picture of the bonus hst's that I am squaring up to use in a project.  These units were from the Maple Leaf quilt that I pieced many years ago.  It is still downstairs waiting for me to quilt it.  I made it king sized because my plan was to use it over our twin beds so it looked like a king but since we don't have both beds in the same room any more I may re-size it or quilt it for the kids.  Most likely I will give it to the kids. (who are enjoying the warm Florida weather right now)

I received my copy of Bonnie Hunter's new book on Tuesday and there is a pattern for a quilt that I may make using these squares.  Her quilt is called 'Holy Toledo' and it is similar to 'Lady of the Lake'.   I will play around and see if the units will work.  Quite a few of the units are not light/dark so it may look like mud.  I will see.

There is also a pattern in her book called 'Tumalo Trail' which I really like as well.  I do have a pile of nine-patches using 1 1/2 inch squares that I could use in it.  I will also have to change the name of the quilt to 'Tu-Pelo Trail'. LOL.

Here is a picture of my sweetie wondering what he did.

Isn't he gorgeous.  He is very camera shy and it is hard to get a proper picture of him.

I am off to hobble around the house again.

Happy Quilting,
Lynne

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