Erica's Stitches

OK, this is what I was supposed to make and was planning to make until a few days ago: the dreaded sunflower block. I drafted it out and started thinking about all those small triangles.  I could make the block but I decided that I really don't want to.  Even if I paper pieced it's still very intimidating. I've been working on these quilts for almost a year now and I really want to get back to fun piecing and finish the quilt. This is what I made instead.  It's called Grecian Square and I found pictures of it in several vintage quilts so it should go nicely with the other blocks.  I used the blue background fabric for the corner squared to give the feel of a circle.  For the rest of the fabrics, I matched as closely as I could.  It was easy to put together and I really enjoyed it after working on the Lone Stars. For my more modern quilt I chose a Delectable Flower block.  I've admired it since I've seen it on a few quilts.  It was dec

I finally finished the last Lone Star - this is the medallion for the center of the quilt.  I'm hoping that this is the last Lone Star I'll ever have to make. The block needs to finish at 33 1/2 inches so each quadrant has to be 17 inches square. I have a 16 inch square ruler so by using 3 rulers I can tell it's really close to the right size!  Big sigh of relief. I'm even happy with the way that the back looks. What's next?  I have the blocks to add the side strip on the right but I need one more block for the left side.  That will be the last block for this quilt but the fact that I've put it off for this long tells you how much I'm looking forward to it.  The good news is that I've discovered a book that should help me with it and it's on order.   The bad news is that the block is probably the wrong size so I won't be able to use the templates. For the more modern version of this quilt I still need to mak