Black and white quilts - plus

There are current trends in quilting that just don't tickle me at all, but one that seems to have some staying power is one I like a lot - black and white quilts with a flash of colour.

My current quilt is built on that theme. It starts with two sets of squares - black and grey, and red and pink. (PINK!! she shouts, pink not being a colour she is very fond of, reminding her as it does of fancy dresses that weren't wearable by real children, and their spawn, the bridesmaid's dress.)

Right now, we're in the making pinwheels part.



As we all know, making pinwheels can be a tedious job, starting as it does with half-square triangles and then more half-square triangles. I fall into the category of "quilting weenie" which means I square all my HSTs when they're done. Some days, I spend more time trimming than sewing, which is why I have given my quilting friends permission to say they know little about my quilting skills, but can atest to the fact that I am a master trimmer. (Can you see that on my tombstone? Wife, mother, hellishly good trimmer. Loved by all.

So, given my penchant for trimming, this is the output of a day. Not much to show, is it?



A small pile of six inch pinwheels, a few half completed, a pile of HSTs and many more to trim. (And a whole lot that haven't been cut yet, but that's for another day.)

Black, White and Embarrassed All Over

The beginning of a new quilt. This one is put together from eight inch squares (or something like eight inch), cut into four by eight inch rectangles and somewhat randomly paired. There is a range of blacks and greys and then reds and pinks. The pinks I'm not too sure about, but we'll see.

Because my imagination is at a low these days, I'm doing something simple so that I can do something at all. This is the beginning - a pile of triangles to be sewn together into half-square triangles.



This is my travelling Brother. Not a fancy machine at all, but since my trusty Singer does not travel, I needed something that could be packed into a bag and wheeled down the road.