Contemporary Wedding Ring

 My granddaughter is getting married in February.    Kind of short notice, but they've decided that life is too uncertan these days to wait.   They will be having a smaill wedding, in part because of the COVID pandemic and in part because her mom offered them money for a down payment on a house if they skipped the big wedding.   I can accept that!   But I've decided not to make the trip and take the chance of getting sick.

I'm working on a small quilt for them as a present.  It will be made in the same colors as my Vanilla quilt and will be interlocking links.    It's making has had some ups and downs but it's looking pretty good.   

This picture shows two of the blocks that were pieced incorrectly and had to be picked out, resewn, and replaced using hand sewing/applique.  

String Quilt inspired by Fandango

The Iowa  Quilt Museum has just opened an exhibit of string quilts that make my heart sing.  

I had started a collection of blocks which looked more or less like those in Fandango, a quilt made by Karen Griska.  I didn't have instructions;  I just did my own thing.   

Since then, I found that the quilt was featured in the Jan/Feb 2010 edition of Quiltmaker magazine.  But since I had already started, I just continued on.     My blocks have wider strips than hers, but I'm OK with that.

Karen also offers her pattern on her website:  http://karengriskaquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-fandango-quilt-pattern.html

Recently I got the blocks out and decided to make more so that I could have a bigger quilt made.   The blocks are fun to make.   So non-precise!   Love it.   My main machine, my Bernina, is in the shop but I can easily make these with my 1937 Singer Featherweight.

Don't know exactly how big this will turn out to be.   Someday I"ll just know that it's "done".   And then I'll quit making blocks and proceed with making a quilt.