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