T08.Jane Stickle's in Shipshewana - aka LS10, Megan's Cathedral

 

023.Claudia Jean's Cojones - aka I-12, Fred's Square Fair

My version - another blue diamond - about half done.

This is one of those where the templates don't really match the block in the book. In this case, there's a white border around the block in the original quilt, but in the pattern, they've taken that out. Since I'm changing the color/value in a lot of the blocks, rearranging all the blocks and using alternative blocks, it's not like you could call me a purist, but I decided to add back an outer border to this - just like the look of the original.

This time around, I named the block for CJ Cregg, another of my personal, albeit fictional, heros.Hmm, maybe I should save this name for a block that has fewer right angles. You know what I'm talking about? Nudge me if you do. I can't be the only quilter who uses the word cojones in a sentence.

The layout of this block, btw, kept my head smoking for hours last night - I just could NOT figure out which way the freaking pieces should go. Ironically, the highest score I ever got on an aptitude test was in the category of "spatial relationships" - I'm starting to wonder if I read that right.
 

Jane's Original

T03.Checkerboard

 

Block name: Checkerboard
Jane's Addicted block name: Muddy Bubbles
Original position: TR3
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Judie Rothermel
Fabric/background: Jo Morton
Color Group: brown
Wave: triangles

Date started: 10/27/11
Date finished: 10/28/11
Time: 5?
Pieces: 31
Method: paper piecing
Notes: did 1/4" s/a on the main seams, 1/8" on little, interior seams. Redrew the section where the checkerboard doesn't line up. Ripped out at least 10 seams...

4.5" blocks: 7
Triangles: 3
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 10
Total number of pieces: 235

wow, this thing has a lot of rows

just keeps going...

oopsies

and going...

beautiful couple of days