I’ve been on a blogging sabbatical. Hiatus. Big time vacation. Holiday. Break. Recess. Did you miss me? Don’t answer that.
Seems it takes an Act of God to get me to blog any more. Or a new Inklingo collection and a challenge from my dear friend, Cathi.
It’s been a weird winter in Texas. Or maybe that’s just the last 10 days. Because the rest of winter was pretty uneventful weather-wise. Only I just looked out the window as I’m typing this and oh, my! We have a bunch of snow. In March! Pretty much unheard of in Texas. I would include a picture here except…. DARK. Maybe later?
Pappy played in the snow last week. Wanna see?
And when I went out a few minutes ago, he desperately wanted to go out with me. He’s the silliest cat!
Speaking of silly…… here’s his latest thing:
Isn’t he a hoot? He makes me laugh every day. I just might have to let him help me build a snowman.
But I was talking about Inklingo and a Cathi challenge, wasn’t I? Sorry. I got off on a rabbit trail there. So Linda announced a new Inklingo Collection last Friday. And I was intrigued. It’s based on the cover quilt of this book:
And you can get the book and the collection at a special introductory price for a limited time at Linda’s Inklingo website. Click on the book cover above to go there directly. Of course Cathi purchased the collection and started printing while I was still studying the shapes. I was very intrigued by them! So I decided to go for it. Cathi and I needed another simul-blogging experience.
This is my rosette made using the collection. Isn’t it pretty? And what fun it is to stitch! All inset seams and great continuous stitching. I especially loved adding the striped fabric pentagons on the last round. But see the cute fussy cut fabric in the center?
I printed 12 of those using Linda’s ingenious no waste fussy cutting method. And although I’m leaning towards using the rosette as a center medallion in a quilt, I really want to use at least some of the other 11 stars.
Because aren’t they the coolest? Sometimes the toughest decision of the day….
….is which end of the diamond to place in the center! (Same diamonds as last pic, just turned around.)
And remember my pretty Inklingo Stars from a previous post?
When that blue paisley fabric showed up at Quilter’s Dream, I had to make some more Inklingo Stars.
Lots more Inklingo Stars……
Because they are way too much fun to only make one quilt.
Once I started, I just couldn’t stop myself.
I also made two blocks with an alternate setting from the Inklingo Star Collection. This one…..
….. and this one! Oh, they are such fun to make!
So what do you think about a lovely Passacaglia rosette medallion? That might perhaps grow into a bigger medallion – somehow incorporating more of those fussy cut center stars……… surrounded by Inklingo Stars.
A good idea?
Be sure to check out Cathi’s rosette at Quilt Obsession today. I hear there’s a fun ‘toon by Mr QO too. And she always has fabulous pics of her kitties, Baxter and Jake.
And I’ll try not to be gone on a long sabbatical from blogging again. But first, Pappy and I have a snowman to build…..
Happy Quilting!
Barb
Remember this block? My first Inklingo Star. I started this quilt after Cathi threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to blog with her about this new Inklingo collection. And Cathi and I had such fun blogging together that we decided we ought to make it a regular thing.
Cathi is also the one who taught me that every project deserves a pretty box. So I had to find one for my Inklingo Stars!
Which lead me to cutting these 4 rectangles on the bias to get the right look for the corner squares for my secondary block.
Which made for some interesting cuts on my fabric. Good thing I have 6 1/2 yards.
I didn’t want to waste a single piece, so I was happy to see that I could get 4 triangles out of the large triangle that was left between the cuts for the squares.
And soon I had printed 4 repeats of squares and triangles for the edges of my secondary blocks.
And here it is! I think it was worth it to fussy cut those triangles and squares, don’t you?
This is my next block……..
….. and the next. Oh, I am having such fun with these!
This one is in progress but still needs the green triangles and squares to be added.
And here are two more centers for my secondary blocks.
So this is what my version will look like! My plan is to make the quilt 5 blocks wide by 7 blocks long. But with all this fabric and such fun surprises, this quilt might just keep growing and growing and growing! And growing. We’ll see.
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