Snowball Quilt

Yes, I started another quilt. When I was packing for last week's retreat, I literally made a very rash last-minute decision to throw in 2 fabrics that I have quite by accident put together, and I think this might be just the thing.

Let me back up a bit to provide some pertinent background details. I bought the green print in 2021 (I think!) while at the Needles and Pines Retreat in Nelsonville.  It has been moved to various locations around my quilting room as I have tried frequently to find complimentary fabrics to work with it. Finding nothing that "wowed" me, I went with a blotchy neutral of creamy gold and beige. I bought the neutral while vacationing this past June; we found a little quilt shop in a remote part of Nevada - Winnemucca.

One entire morning of retreat was devoted to cutting strips and squares for these two blocks. First I made a few of these.

 And then, I made a few of these.

On my goals list for this year is to make a quilt like this - snowball blocks combined with 9-patches. I like the look of the 2-color quilt, so I stopped dithering over fabric combinations; this shall be a 2-fabric quilt. Here's my inspiration pic.

And here is how my first few blocks look when paired together. 

Like I frequently do, I put this pic through a photo-editing app to see a mock up of the eventual quilt. 

I'm going to be happy with this, for sure. The two blocks are super-easy to construct, I can work for a good long while as I listen to my audio book. The outlook is promising from where I sit!

Hope you are creating a bit of magic today! I am headed back to the quilting room.

Happy Quilting, Friends!