Decisions Made

I have heard the expression "listening to the quilt" and now know what that means.

In choosing the background fabric for my Peace quilt, I went in a totally different direction.

I took about ten of my pinwheels with me to the Sewing Studio and tried different batiks.  My original thought was a lighter background, but the pinwheels seemed to disappear.  When I put them against this dark purple batik, the pinwheels seemed to pop.  The tie dye fabric you see is for the backing, and that other purple is for the binding.  I felt better about the decision by having others in the LQS agree.  

I laid out the pinwheel blocks once again to determine placement.  It looks much bigger in person than it does on a piece of graph paper!

I labeled the 59 pinwheel blocks with a Column letter and Row number consistent with the graph paper drawing.  I am so glad I did as I worked on this with our quilt guild's Sew Day.   By the time I packed everything up and unloaded it, I would not have had a clue which block went where if they had not been labeled.  Even then, the math was a @*$^#!

I started with the center column and worked my way out.  Above are Columns #5-10 out of 15 total columns and 15 rows.

Here is a picture taken at our Sew Day when five columns had been completed.  You can almost see the beginnings of a peace sign taking shape!

After hearing several of you refer to my Peace quilt as groovy, I have decided to change the name to Feeling Groovy.

How did you celebrate National Quilt Day?  Tomorrow, I will share pictures from our guild's celebration of this all important holiday!

Have an amazing day!!