Time has been spent on more sorting and delving into boxes – sometimes it feels very much like Eeyore’s broken balloon and jug – take everything out, handle everything, put everything back! Sometimes the odd helpful decision shows up and a project gets re-prioritised and moved to a different box. And sometimes everything just goes back into the box. . . .
My Antique Rose Star blocks have been in and out of any number of boxes since I made them just over ten years ago. I’ve shown them here several times and they have travelled hundreds, if not thousands, of miles between the Rural Office and the Overseas Office. The blocks have been on a teaching cruise and many other classes besides, quilts have been made (and finished) by many students – but my blocks have been resolute in remaining individuals in a stack rather than put together as a quilt. Maybe this year they will finally be put together and become a quilt top – I think I may have decided on a setting. Now all I have to do is delve into some other boxes in search of just the right fabrics . . .
This was one setting option I considered a while back –
So back to the boxes to find those fabrics!
Barbara Chainey quilts 
Could you use plain blocks–either solid or print to alternate with the blocks you have for the second layout?
Hi Sharon! I tried the alternating layout and, sadly, it was too dominant – all you saw were the alternating blocks and not the pieced blocks. Hopefully the smaller triangles required for the current plan will not be as attention-seeking!
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