The blocks were basically 9" blocks, but then they had these fancy little PITA corners they wanted you to add:
I didn't like the corner bits, so I made one set and basted them onto the new block every month so that I'd pass inspection...And the blocks have been sitting in a stack waiting patiently ever since. I drafted several corner options but didn't really like any of them. Then, a few days ago, a discussion started up on the Stashbuster Yahoo list about Maple Island Quilts' BQ pattern, and how it had been used as a setting for orphan blocks. Yahoo! I've actually owned that pattern for years! I redrafted it in EQ to fit my 9" blocks instead of the 12" blocks it called for, and auditioned a bunch of stuff from the stash, and carted it all off to my mini-group date today...
et voila:
The "frames" are black with little metallic squares. I bought the fabric online a while back without realizing it was metallic, and I thought I'd never use it... but it's perfect for this!
6 friends commented...:
It's totally awesome. I love the block settings (may pirate it too ...:-)
margaret
How funny to baste the PITA corners to each block!!! Did they never catch on? I am doing a similar program with my LQS... I am so far behind it will cost me a fortune to catch up...
I love the setting! I bought that same pattern right after I started quilting because it's so intriguing to look at, but I've never made it. It's a great setting for those blocks. And I was just about to google "PITA corners" when it suddenly dawned on me what you meant ... ;) Duh!
That is such a cool setting!! LOVE IT!! YOU are SO TALENTED!! I have several of the LQS BOM's...ugh!
How cool. Thanks for sharing this - I am going to save it for some quilt blocks that are sitting in my "UFO - I don't know" pile!
What a great setting for those blocks! It really helps enhance them.
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