Oh No, Not Piecing!

This is what I worked on this weekend.  Yes, sigh, you have to piece if you want to have tops to quilt.  This is a challenge for me since I would much rather be quilting this top than piecing it.  This particular top is a challenge for me anyway!  It all started with Charlotte Angotti.  Yes, I am going to blame her.  I took one of her "Surprise Me" classes at Paducah this year.  This is the surprise.  Now, I love the picture of the finished top that was supplied.  If you have not taken a class from Charlotte--may I suggest that you run to sign up for one!  First of all, she supplies the quilt kit--IT IS ALREADY ALL CUT OUT FOR YOU.  Did you get that?  It is already all cut out!  You actually get to sew in class!  That said, she loves blocks that make secondary designs and have lots of pieces.  So....I am piecing with the goal of having this quilt completely finished before I see Charlotte again.  We'll see.  This particular quilt is called "September Morn." It is not available on her web site because she is teaching it this year.  However, there are some other great PRE-CUT quilt kits available on her web site and you can check them out here.

As you can see, this quilt is all batiks.  The instructions were to not worry about what fabric was put next to what fabric.  Now, I am trying.  I cannot in good conscience put the same fabric next to each other.  That just begs the question, "Why did you cut this fabric into two pieces?"  Beyond that, I am REALLY trying to ignore what goes next to what.  It is very much like the scrap quilts that you make by pulling the strips or pieces out of a paper bag.  I can't do that, either.  OK, I have a slight control freak issue here.  Yes, it shows up in my quilts as well.

You can see the completed block at the top.  That is not at all a clue to what the quilt will look like.  I will share as I continue on this journey to completion so you, too, can be surprised.  In the meantime, I will be putting together lots of pieces.

Have you found your two Charm Packs to use for "Play Time?"  If so, please take them apart and separate them loosely into "dark" and "light" piles.  You will be making a "light" grid of 5 squares by 5 squares with a matching grid of "dark" squares.

 Just play with them for now as you decide which is light and which is dark.  Your "Play Time" will not look like mine.  Yours will look like Yours.  Here is mine completed so you know where we are going.

Keep doodling!