A Sewing Day, Finally

I needed a simple sewing project

to get me back in the swing of things.

Nothing hard,

big pieces,

a Stash user,

and fun.

A friend showed me this wonderful

free pattern from Robert Kaufman.

Photo from Robert Kaufman

Asymmetrical Diamond

It's the perfect design for

easing myself back in.

It has endless possibilities...

Christmas fabrics

brights

30's repros

batiks...

I liked the weathered blue plaids

and I had a great stack in the stash,

some dating back to some of Roberta Horton's

original plaids.

Her book came out in 1990.

The fabric that I needed was the

Kaufman's Essex Yarn Dyed to

use as the solid.  

It's a beautiful fabric, 55% linen and 45% cotton.

The texture is lovely and it added a wonderful feel to the quilt.

I used the flax color.

I cut my pieces bigger than the pattern (7")

and happily sewed half square triangles.

I had a lot of different fabrics to use

for the light and medium plaids so it

created a scrappier look,

which I love.

I couldn't quite decide if I wanted to add borders or not.

I liked the look without, but

it was going to be only about 48" x 60".

I was thinking, that wasn't going to use up much stash.

But then I woke up this morning to

 the soft undefined edges of fog,

I knew I had the answer.

The low contrast between the light blues and medium

blues blurs the diagonal lines of the pattern

like the fog blurs your vision.

You're not quite sure what you'll see next.

A border would be too defining, too containing.

***

Sew, no borders.

Until Next Time-