Boho Back

 
Well, I got sucked back into Bohemian Wife because I was tidying up. And there are a lot of strips and bits and pieces left over. Which of course are going to need to be assembled into a backing. Instead of packing them away, I started working with them.

There were some left over blocks, which I put some sort of borders around, either strips or HSTs or both.

There were a couple blocks in the Bohemian Wife box that weren't made with the same fabrics, but made with somewhat similar ones. I left myself a note saying just that. So instead of stashing them somewhere, I decided to include them. What the heck, my quilt, my rules and all, right?

I'm liking what I've got done so far. And there are a whole lot less strips left to use.

There was, however, an envelope in the Bohemian Wife box that was labeled "Tiny HSTs". And there they all are...yikes! These are obviously leftovers from making the blocks. I had sewed them and pressed them open as I went. Do I sew them all into one (or several) giant blocks? Should I sew them together with solids and spread them out in other blocks to make up more of the quilt back that's needed? Decisions must be made, because now my work table is occupied.

A Few Pieces Left

 

The start of something new? Maybe? By using the easily accessible remnants of the most recently finished project? Possibly. Likely even. Some of my favorite finishes have come through this sort of backing into the end result process.

I just couldn't resist throwing up onto the design wall the cut-out pieces that didn't get used in the making of Come On Through. I could see this initial arrangement working maybe with some tweaking or expanding of the negative space. If I was to try to make it, I could head over to EQ8 and plop in these pieces' measurements to figure out the background shapes and sizes required. Or...I could just put these pieces away in the scrap box and move on to something new. 

I've been ill for a couple weeks, so this is literally all that I've done so far this month. Sigh. Very frustrating. 

Pieces Into Something

 

I had some leftovers from making the Energized mini quilt that I didn't want to throw into the scrap bin. They were just so nicely coordinated you know? They were mostly long rectangles so I sewed them end to end and then cut them apart. I cut strips of the lighter pink at 2", 1.75" and 1.5" widths and made sections.

Those got all trimmed and arranged, I sewed these smaller sections into four squares.

Then I played with them until I liked how it looked and sewed all four together. I like the almost-squared-up but not quite look that I achieved.

Oh and good news, my mini quilt got accepted by Curated Quilts! It will be published in the Red issue in April. Woohoo!