Design Wall Monday

Wow – I can’t believe it’s Design Wall Monday already!  I’ve just been putzing around all week experimenting with how I’m going to do the borders for that nine-patch quit.  I tried freezer paper shapes and interfacing.  I wanted the leaves to have the shape so I could just position them and not needle turn.  But, alas, I couldn’t get the points pointy enough with the prepared methods so I opted for needle turn.  I enjoy needle turn and I’ve gotten pretty good at it.  So needle turn it is.

This donut of thread was my best purchase from Paducah. Superior Masterpiece. Nice for applique although I usually use silk. The stitches are still hidden and there are a lot of colors to choose from.

I hope you weren’t expecting all green leaves!  🙂  How boring!  The quilt is all scrappy so I figured the leaves should be too.  I like to do needle turn by tracing the pattern on the back Jeanna Kimball style.  But that didn’t work out for this because of the vine.  So I just transferred registration marks to the front and am fumbling to find them!  LOL

When I was piecing the quilt top, I used nickels as my leader and enders and made someo 1/2-square-triangles and 4-patches.  I started putting them together.  It’s not a real project and will probably turn in to a UFO.  I should just save them for a later date, but I saw this pattern in “Antique Quilts” magazine and started laying it out on the design wall.

I'm not really worried about the repetition of fabric because I need 120 blocks and I have only 15 done. See why I say UFO?

Please go visit Judy L’s Patchwork Times blog for more design walls.