I pulled out my Safe At Home bits and bobs and sewed together a bunch of the half square triangles into various sorts of blocks to put on the back of the quilt.
There were a lot of options and it was fun to play around with the pre-made pieces.
If the strip had been the same size as the HST I might have gone with this idea.
Here's what I've got put together so far. There's a whole lot of strips of the various colors used in the quilt top that are cut out that I'm going to sew together in a hopefully interesting manner. Maybe I'll just do a bunch of log cabins or one giant log cabin like the Lone Round Robin idea.
At the recent CQFA retreat, my friend Bronwen gave me a very mysterious Valentine box that rattled rather temptingly.
Oooh look at the goodies inside! I took a few closeup pictures so you can see some of the details. Bronwen knows that I love using old buttons and things in my artwork so she always is coming up with little bits and bobs for me which is really thoughtful and quite helpful!
A really lovely little rhinestone star button. Love this design so much 13 circles around an 8-pointed star. I could see making a hairbow clip with this sewn onto the center.
A filigree metalwork clasp. She thought I could use it on the cover of an altered book. What a fabulous idea!
A mother of pearl buckle. Love the squiggly gold accents. I wonder if I can make a sash belt that would look good with this, I really like the colors.
And a little metal bird pin with a red shiny eye. Look at that intricate detail on the feathers.
