Changing Plans

Apparently I get tired of doing the same thing over and over.  I just couldn't make 72 of the same 16 patch blocks to make a king sized quilt.  Sewing the strips together is super quick.  It's the cutting and then sewing them back together that takes some time.



In an effort to be able to get this done for Christmas, I decided I'd leave half of the blocks as stripes, instead of the 16 patch blocks.



That will speed up the project immensely, but I'm already getting tired of the stripes and checks.  I just can't help but continue to play with the design and add some different blocks to the mix.  I think this quilt needs a few large stars thrown in.



And if I'm adding stars, why not a Churn Dash block too?



This block was going to be another star, but the half square triangles really wanted to be flipped around while I was sewing these fabrics together, so I went with it.  I don't know if there is a name for this one.  I just liked the look of it.



As I've been working with the mix of fabrics for the quilt, I was reminded of the Farmer's Wife quilt blocks I had made and set aside.  Originally I wanted to make all 111 of the blocks, but I kept finding other things I wanted to work on. 



Now I'm thinking I should just go ahead and add borders to each of these blocks to make them large enough to use in this quilt also.



I really have no idea how exactly this will look in the end, but I sure am having fun with the process.