Thursday, March 21, 2019

#103b - It's a Flimsy!

 #103b

It's a flimsy!
67.5 x 82.5





 #103 was one of the UFO numbers drawn to work on this month. I had it listed in my spreadsheet as Framed Batik Four Patches - a really really old swap. 
 When I went to the project box to see how many blocks I had and what I needed to get the UFO to flimsy stage I found two different blocks in the box - the Framed Four Patches that finish at 8 inches and Batik Happy Blocks that finish at 7.5 inches. 
 Well, I could have pretended I didn't see those batik Happy Blocks since I didn't have them officially listed as a UFO in my spreadsheet but where is the challenge in that?  I decided to use all the blocks. Yesterday I posted what I'm doing with some of the official UFO #103 blocks - 24 inch Massachusetts blocks that call for 8.5 inch centers and those Framed Four Patches are 8.5 inches unfinished. Perfect!  Or so I thought. In the process of figuring out which Framed Four Patches to use I found that some of them were not all the correct 8.5 inch size. (Remember they were swapped blocks).   I don't really like trimming blocks but I decided I would trim the remaining Framed Four Patches to 8 inches and combine them with the Happy Blocks which were also swapped long ago but all the correct size. 
And now I have flimsy #103b for lack of a better name. It's probably going to be gifted or donated so it doesn't really need a name anyway. 

I think these swapped blocks were circa 2010 so it's nice to get them out of a project box and into quilts. 

11 comments:

SandyPA said...

Congrats on clearing out more of your swap blocks. Do you ever sleep? As for a name, how about Batik Bazaar? Sandy at sewhigh.blogspot.com

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I really like this quilt - so pretty and wonderful colors

Libby in TN said...

The 4Ps look quite comfortable in mixed company.

Ellen said...

You go girl! Another one out of the bins and off the list. :)

Cathy said...

Well, it turned out beautifully. I loves me some rich, bright COLOR. And the name 103b is rather cool in a fun, nerdy sort of way; it almost begs to be asked about the name! I hope it stays that way!

MissPat said...

Well, you've done it again. Taken a bunch of random blocks and made a beautiful quit from them. I like the dark sashing on the alternate blocks. Really sets them off. Another idea for my mountain of batiks, not that I need more ideas. Currently working on a baby quilt using your Happy Block concept and I Spy type centers.
Pat

mangozz said...

Those batiks really show up nice next to the blacks. So that's how you decide what to work on ~ from looking at a spreadsheet? I have many lists of WIPS and UFOs, but it's not very inspiring looking at a piece of paper. I need to see fabric!

---"Love" said...

It is a very striking flimsy, and will be another beautiful quilt! ---"Love"

Linda said...

Excellent idea to combine the 2 different sets of blocks, works so well. Super vibrant colours - a beautiful flimsy.

Vicki in MN said...

And done is good;) I see some fabric in your quilt that are in my stash,

Lynette said...

Wow - those played beautifully together. The deep tones are gorgeous.