Economy Blue Update

I've been working steadily on my Economy Blue quilt from this book by Kaffe Fassett.

I now have all the blocks constructed; this was very easy, just took a little time. All the blocks are square-in-a-square with some adding on a third square. Take a look.

I needed 48 dark centers surrounded with light. Here's a sampling, above.

I needed 48 light centers surrounded by dark, and here's a sampling of those.

Then there are larger blocks. Above is the light center and light outer block. The outer fabric will be the same on all the larger blocks with light centers. (Following that??) I needed 20 of these blocks.

Then I needed 20 larger blocks with dark centers and dark outer fabric. Again, this dark outer fabric will be the same on all the larger blocks with dark centers.

I loved these dark blocks. I took pics of several of them.

Scrumptious, aren't they?

So, tomorrow, I will begin the construction process of putting the blocks together to form the quilt top.

The top is constructed in units. I really like the look, although I never would have come up with it on  my own. Thankfully there are wonderful designers out there who do the creative parts for me!

Here are the 2 shots from the book of this particular quilt. Breathtaking. I've loved this quilt since the first time I saw it. I am so happy to be making one of my very own after all these years!

So, my "blue period" continues. Just like Pablo Picasso. He had a blue period, too, although his blue period featured paintings of sad, poor, downtrodden human subjects. These quilts are quite the opposite!

Oh, one more blue thing for you to look at:

My good buddy, Cheryl L., invited me over Wednesday afternoon, and I will probably go back later today. It's a great place to cool off in this incredible heat!