Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Positivity Progress

When I saw the first Positivity 2022 Quilt-Along posts at Sew Preeti Quilts, I knew I wanted to jump right in!  Are you excited about it too?  You can find all the Positivity 2022 posts linked HERE on her blog.  It's not too late to start!

My first inclination was to use some Civil War reproduction fabrics that I'd been given over the past year or two among other scraps.  I like all kinds of quilts, but I have to say that reproduction fabrics are not what I'm usually drawn to working with.  Putting them together in a donation quilt seemed like a good way to use them up and move them on.

However, what seemed like too much in my stash was not quite enough for this quilt.  So I pivoted to another group of fabrics needing attention, and that was an overflowing box of assorted batiks.


There were plenty of those.  I pulled out every one in the box and ultimately decided to just go for it and use almost all of them, save a couple of outliers. 


My background fabric is neither white nor cream.  It's a Waverly fabric called Pearl, a very subtle gray, which seems to play well with the wide variety of batiks.

Here were the first test blocks.  Looked good to me, so it was full steam ahead!


I got caught up in a couple of audiobooks while making blocks.  First it was The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.  Then it was Finding Me, the memoir of Viola Davis.  Both very good reads!

Soon enough, I had this little pile of pretties.


And here they are pressed.  There should be 80 of them, but I haven't double checked yet.  


I'm not sure if there are going to be layout suggestions or if we are on our own to play around with it.  Either way, I'm ready for what's next!

Linking to Needle & Foot 2022 Positivity Quilt Along Link Up.

~Paulette

7 comments:

The Joyful Quilter said...

Wow!! Look at you go!!! Best of luck with the next step, Paulette.

Michelle said...

I love this block! And I love batiks! This is going to be a gorgeous quilt.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I read Giver of Stars and enjoyed it. Congrats on all those completed blocks!!!!!

Preeti said...

Paulette, my love, you are the star performer of this QAL.
I will arrange all my blocks the same way, when I get there :-p.
That gives the tessellation effect or interlocking blocks.

Mari said...

Very nice colors, and great to use up those bits. The pale gray makes a nice background, too. I don't know what layout I'm using, either, but it will be fun to play around with and figure out.

Danielle - Just an Average Quilter said...

Wonderful colors you ended up with! Isn't it funny how a small grouping in your stash feels so much bigger until you ACTUALLY need to use it?

Bernie Kringel said...

Love the colors Paulette! Will you share the quilt top now that your rows are together? Beautiful fabrics and I know it will be a gorgeous quilt.