Warm HST quilt

 Back in June I found out that I would be leading the July guild meeting.  I came up with some stations as standing up and talking for long periods of time is not one of my favorite things to do.  One of the stations involved pre-made HST.  I asked people to design a block using a 4x4 grid, take a picture, and place the squares into a bag.  I assembled the blocks from the pictures (I think just one was not assembled by me).

      As this has been lingering in the background as something in progress that I need to finish, I finished it up this weekend.  Turns out that finding the missing camera battery charger was not necessary for completion because the pictures were on the other camera instead.  Oops.  Part of my delay was not being able to access the pictures on the camera with the dead battery. But now both battery chargers are where they are supposed to be.

      The backing is made up of larger scrap pieces that reasonably coordinate with the front.  Binding was chosen by the 7 year old and is Kona Coral.  I wasn't sure if I would manage to attach the binding before the sun went down but I did manage to do so.  Quilt holder didn't want to go outside in 30 degree weather a second time and actually the lighting in the back room is much better.  Who knew.

     Two designs ended up with two blocks each.  I put them in opposite corners.  I think I could have increased the sashing size from 2.5" to something a little bit bigger to help blocks stand out.  Or, I guess I could have added borders around the outside or used a different color.  It only stands out in the pictures and I didn't notice that in person.  

      I had eight guild members design a block which allowed me to design one.  Instead of doing so myself, I let my oldest have fun with the squares and made her choose.  She chose to copy the block on the floor next to her.

    The block layout chosen by the 7 year old.  She is quite proud of it.  I do have over 150 more squares so perhaps she'll keep making designs and I'll make more blocks until we use up all the prepared HST.  I do like that she also knows that this is going to be donated through Katie's Comforters Guild.  She's starting to ask if it is a hospital quilt that I'm making.

   

Fabrics: Kona White, Charm squares from Color Wheel Charm Swaps
Binding:  Kona Coral
Backing:  Waterfront Park Reflections in Black and Yellow, Dear Stella Naroibi Gray, Orange Dot from RJR
Size:  52 x 52"
Quilted in a meandering stitch by me
Designed by various members of SSMQG

     Another WIP finished and ready to go.  Three more main quilt projects to finish before a fairly clean slate and not a feeling of quilt guilt as I walk past the bins.  The other three projects are Blue HST, Blue hourglasses and the Purple Crazy Pieced quilt (of which I apparently have no picture.  As I looked for pictures I also noticed that there are quite a few projects that I have not posted here.  Oops).  This doesn't manage to include all my intended projects or some of the projects I started cutting for, but just the main ones that are really bothering me that they aren't done and are keeping me from starting on some projects I want to do.