The majority wants to see the stash project before starting.  Maybe later we’ll do a mystery but to tell you the truth, I’ve never done a mystery that I was thrilled with.  I just like to know what the end result is going to be . . part of my nature I suppose.  I’ve seen some gorgeous mystery quilts . . just not my own.

Here’s the project I’ve planned.  Simple, simple!  It’s a simple block with outer flying geese added.  Heck, there may be a block just like this and there may even be a setting similar.  This isn’t a top that required a whole lot of creativity to come up with the design.  Plain blocks . . plain setting, a pieced sashing.  But, it is a great way to use the stash.

This plan will produce a top that is 67″ x 85-1/2″ finished.  But, I want mine to be larger and I can hardly stand to make a quilt without pieced borders so here are a couple of options for my own top:

Or, by coloring the same border blocks differently, I end up with this:

I might like this second one better.  What do you think?

The top I make will be 84″ x 100″ and it is for a friend.

Now that you’ve seen it, who’s going to do it with me?

Some have written that they liked what we did with the last stash project . . where the fabrics were pulled . . just lights and darks, without knowing what we were making.  For those having a problem using the stash,  you sometimes want to match too much, or keep fabric lines/collections together.

How do you all want to do it?  Majority rules!

1.  I can show you the project first and you can choose your fabrics based on what the project looks like.  You may even decide after seeing it that you don’t like it.  If so . . please don’t tell me.  I’ll be crushed and may never design another quilt again!     Doubtful but you just never know!  (OK . . that’s a joke!  I’m used to coming up with ideas I think are fantastic and everyone else thinks they’re dorky!)

Oh . . speaking of ideas . . remember the fence I showed you:

I get to interview the guy who built it . . later.  Probably sometime after May 1.  Paducah is next week, you know?

Back to quilting:

2.  I can give you the fabric suggestions and cutting instructions and you can cut it all up and then we’ll start making the blocks.  Kinda like a mystery but not really.

Just for the record, this picture is from the blocks I’m making.  For the instructions, I have listed “background fabric” and “bright colored stash fabric” and “border fabric”.  That’s it . . I’m using lots of different ecru on ecru fabrics for my “background”; lots of brights for my “bright colored stash fabric” and green for my “border fabric”.

Of course, you can use anything you want for your “background fabric” and where I’ve used “bright colored stash fabric”, you can use Christmas fabrics, patriotic fabrics, homespun . . whatever suits you.

Your choices are “1″ or “2″.  Tell me what you want and that’s what we’ll do.