Monday, February 15, 2016

Second Verse Same as the First; A Little Bit Louder; A Little Bit Worse


I was trying to decide which of my many, many UFOs to work on and happened upon my old Floribunda quilt in a shoebox.  These are 9 inch Jacob's Ladder blocks with yellow TOT backgrounds plus a floral fabric.  I have about 25 blocks in the box plus I had these fabrics already cut for blocks so made these up to move this quilt along.  I'm not even sure how big I want to make it but I'm going to think about it so I can finish this up and move it out of here. 


And since I was working on Jacob's Ladder blocks I decided to work on some more Wild Kingdom 12 inch Jacob's Ladder blocks.  I was making these out of my huge scrappy four inch HST and four patch piles using blocks with anything that might be found in a wild kingdom.  (Remember Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins? ) Not sure I like this Jacob's Ladder layout - in fact it kind of gives me a headache because the colors and values are all over the place.  I have about 16 blocks and am going to try to make these work (sans headache) together somehow probably for a donation quilt.   I'll start by laying out the blocks like my Floribunda quilt to see how that looks. 

So since I'm  trying to move  forward two different Jacob's Ladder UFOs I think I'll link up this fine Monday evening to Moving it Forward Monday at Em's Scrapbag 

8 comments:

gayle said...

I love your Floribunda! (Another one on my list. I'm gonna need more bins...)
Your super-scrappy Jacob's Ladder might calm down some with the quilting. I'm interested in seeing what you do with it!

Ellen said...

Good for you for digging these out and moving them along. I see what you mean about the Animal Kingdom JL. It really is a bit difficult to see the actual pattern that the blocks make.

Julierose said...

I really like your Florabunda a lot;-))); you are giving yourself a headache from climbing around all those ladders lol--I am not good on ladders of ny kind...hugs, Julierose

em's scrapbag said...

I like the scrappy feel of your wild kingdom. And yes I do remember that show.

Kaja said...

I didn't realise the second one was Jacobs Ladder until you said so! Maybe laying out the blocks differently will appeal to you more: I'm sure you can come up with something to make you happier with it.

sophie said...

The Wild Kingdom blocks really are a scrappy bonanza. At first I was going to suggest making yourself a value-placement rule for any additional blocks, then read you are going to make these work ... and I know that you will find a way. One of my first ever block exchanges was for Jacob's Ladder blocks. I confess that even way back then, I decided that some of them needed to come apart and be re-combined in new ways so that they all played nicely in the quilt I made from them ... so maybe that's another option to consider (unless you really really hate ripping and remaking blocks).

Vic in NH said...

Animal Kingdom with Marlin Perkins and a turkey/mashed potato/green peas Swanson TV dinner on a metal TV tray with scissor-folding legs. Such fun!Glad to see my one sunflowers on navy blue 4-patch got right in there with the jumble of bold colors. You'll make it work, you always do.

Stephie said...

I love Jacob's Ladder - and I really like your scrappy version! There's a real feeling of quilters wanting to move things forward and out lately...I might have to get on the wagon! As an aside, I thought your title you might have been a Ramones fan, haha!