I dug into the orphan blocks and made 3 tops - Stella, Tobias and Ursula.
Orphan Stella
40 x 60
It consists of twelve 12 inch blocks. I didn't make any of them.
I added a 2.5 inch striped strip between columns to make it 40 inches wide which is usually the minimum requested width for comfort quilts for kids.
I added a six inch border of the same striped fabric and scraps to the top and bottom so I would have 60 inches in length.
Orphan Tobias
42 x 60
For this one I dug through a little pile of 6.5 inch orphan blocks for 15 blocks that would make good centers for 12 inch Stars with yellow points. A few of the orphan blocks were mine but most of the blocks came from several other folks.
I used 3.5 inch scraps for the Star backgrounds. I made Flying Geese with yellow wings for the Star points. I cut the Geese wings using the Easy Angle ruler and cut the Geese bodies using the Easy Angle Companion ruler. When I use the Easy Angle Companion ruler I make the first cut of the strip with the Easy Angle ruler and then end up making extra HSTs. I've blogged about this several times in the past.
So anyway...this time I turned those extra HST parts into 6 inch Broken Dishes blocks and used that as a column inbetween the Stars in order to add to the width of the quilt.
Orphan Ursula
40 x 60
The fifteen 12 inch orphan blocks in this one all came from other folks. I just had to sew them together and add a couple of strips between columns.
And sew on...
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CELEBRATE! (my word of the year)
Dec. 2 - My corn filled heating pad/cold pack. I made many of them years and years ago for myself and for Christmas gifts. It has come in handy many times over the years. I usually keep it in the freezer and use it as an ice pack (usually on lower back when I overdo it gardeningg); however, it can be heated in the microwave and used as a heating pad too. I've been using it a lot lately on my swollen, itchy, red, burning shingle eye. 
Dec. 3 - Finished a book! - The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson. Fictional story inspired by the true story of the Bond Dance Hall Explosion that happened in West Plains, MO in 1928 that killed many, mostly teens. The cause of the explosion was never determined.
6 comments:
All great using those orphan blocks, Cathy; I especially like how "Ursula" came out. Nice works hugs, Julierose
Fun quilts and like how you used the first cut triangles when cutting with the companion angle to make the broken dishes blocks that you used to add width. I’m sorry to hear you are still suffering with your bout of shingles. Sooooooo, are you interested in taking on more orphans, by any chance?`
Windy this week, isn't it?! Your trio is terrific! I especially like the column of broken dishes that adds interest as well as the needed dimension. (Now I'm wondering what you'll do after Orphan Zelda....or Zechariah?)
love all the different kinds of quilts you make. so you put dried corn in your ice/heat pack - I thought it was usually rice?
So it looks like you will make it all the way through the alphabet with your orphan block quilts. What a great accomplishment. I'll try to remember that adding some columns between blocks is a good way to widen a quilt that's a little too narrow. I hope you are seeing some improvement with your shingles.
Pat
Sorry to hear that your eye is still troublesome - hoping for a quick turn around soon.
Ceci
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