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Anvil Quilt Block Part 3

A recent comment on an older blog post showing the Anvil Quilt Block inspired me to revisit the Electric Quilt project file.

I tried one of my variation blocks in a straight set design.

What if I set plain blocks in the corners?

What if I moved the color around just a bit?

How about I try the block on point?

And move the color just a bit.

Of course, one could try lots more by switching up the color/value altogether. That’s what makes design so much fun!

Anvil Quilt Block Part 1

Anvil Quilt Block Part 2

Aunt Sukey Spins Off – Machine Quilting

“As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.” -David Friedman

“How did it get so late so soon?” -Dr. Seuss

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

I have neglected my blog. I like blogging, so what can I say for myself?

A demanding job, apathy, depression, a time-out, a boring existence, self-pity, frustration at the lack of control of my life….

Sheesh! You’d think somebody died or something! Get a grip! Change the negative brain recording!

I’m shaping up. Mentally, that is. Many of those emotions I’ve listed above apply to a big project. That would be my Aunt Sukey Spins Off project.

Yup. I became bored and frustrated with it, and it became a monster sitting on my shoulders and whispering great doses of guilt into my ears.

I don’t understand myself. Why…oh why…do I insist on complicating things. I love the acronym, KISS…keep it simple, Stupid. I love it, but have yet to apply it to myself.

Here I’ve made this classic traditional red and white quilt. So far, so good. But I can’t decide how to quilt it, and I go all out on the thing. And then I become frustrated. The quilting doesn’t fit the quilt.

There are times when I really should take a cue from my good friend Judy Butcher. She knows how to quilt a traditional quilt.

Alas, I’m committed.

We’ll see how it turns out.

In spite of myself.

Aunt Sukey Spins Off