Quilt Weather

It may be the middle of August, but night temps here on the mountain have suddenly dropped, so much so that I felt it necessary to hurry and finish this QAYG quilt, started back in February. OK, it's not exactly finished. No binding yet, and I am entertaining the thought of another short row of strips to lengthen it a bit. It measures 69x84" at this point and looks good on the bed, but a four inch border couldn't hurt...

This is the least 'design-y' quilt I have ever made, and I have no excuse. The only constant is that the nine blocks are all 23" square.
I was surprised to see that there were more yellow strips than I realized...as I have been collecting yellow prints and felt the need to include them all. Looking at it on the bed, no connector strips are screaming out at me, which was my aim. Of course, it is sooo busy, nothing in particular can assert itself.


 I had to use my flash to take these photos, as it was dark outside and all the lights in the room made the colors fade. This is about the best version of the bunch.



I had to scrounge around in the Flickr archives to find all the rest of the QAYG quilts I have made. This new one is number 8! Of the 8 only two are not bed quilts. I have it imbedded in my brain that pieced=functional and not wall art. I must undo that thinking. But then, I usually make wall quilts in much smaller dimensions.