Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Round Two

Lots of cutting, line-drawing, pinning, stitching, ironing, repeating tonight while following the election news from home. I loved staying up late on election night when I was younger - even in the 80s when we used to know who was going to win before we went to bed. Now that I'm teaching about the election in one of my courses, I'm calling it homework. I lost all credibility as a second grade ESL teacher in 2000 when I told my students that we would know who the new president was the next morning. Maybe I can redeem my credibility this time around.


Sorry that the contrast isn't very good between the blocks and my floor! Round two of the medallion quilt will probably be followed by another thin green line of like-colored squares. I'm working on a large flock of flying geese at the moment - they will play into several upcoming rows. I think I'm going to separate everything with these thin lines of like-colored squares - either green or gold - and will use the white in every other row of blocks. That's the plan for now at least. :)

19 comments:

Patti said...

Liking it muchly!

His Office, My Studio said...

I really like the way your quilt is turning out. The colors are great! Gold for the next border is my choice, not that you asked.

quiltpixie said...

oh this meddalion is looking so very rich. I'm amazed at how well the fabric blend with your floor... maybe a floorcloth is being called for? :-)

dot said...

Looking good. Color choices are excellant. I love watching election results also. Last presidental I stayed up until 2 am then had to be to work by 9 am. I must say I was tired that day.

Libby said...

You flooring makes a wonderful design board *s* I like it more and more with each round -- can't wait to see what's next.

Texan said...

Wonderful new project and I love the colors!!!!!!

kirsten said...

Great round two!! Looking very cohesive :)

bettsylyn (Lynda) said...

This is looking really great. I love how it is coming together. Will be watching for the next one.

Jane Ann said...

It's fun watching your quilt take deep breaths of life each day! (I'm still up watching the election results--wrote about it in my blog.)

Fiona said...

That medallion is looking sooo good! No wonder you can't stop working on it.

May Britt said...

Still looking very beautiful. I understand that you can't stop playing with the rounds.

Anonymous said...

wow wow wow, it looks great! I love those colours and your points are just wow.

mereth said...

This is a nice way to let a quilt 'evolve'. I don't think you'll get bored with all the different blocks to make.
And like I said, obsession can be a Good Thing....

Anonymous said...

Lot´s of work that pieces and a great medallion, wow. Can´t wait to see how it grows next time.

Quilts And Pieces said...

Oh my gosh - it is GORGEOUS! I love it so far!

Anonymous said...

Nice begining on the medallion... Stay flexible.

My own medalion was going to have this and that and some of those too - it ended up with far fewer rounds that I first planned....

Anonymous said...

The 1/4 sqaure triangles are perfect!

laura west kong said...

It's amazing! I can't wait to see how it progresses.

Jenni said...

Love the most recent rounds - it is going to be great. It is a great way to make a quilt I think, make it up as you go along. Definately my style!