Like everyone else on the East Coast, we are doing storm preps today. We don't expect any damage or even a lot of rain but we are planning on a power outage so we are doing lots of preps today. When we are without power we are also without water. So I'm doing laundry, making some meals for the week and freezing containers of water to keep the food cold. Chris is also trying to get ready for his annual hunting trip. Hopefully he will be able to fly out of DC on schedule Wednesday.
My post today is going to be a quick one. As always, the quilt designs are made using the current fabric palette and that means the Woodlands palette this week. You can get ordering information for the fabric here.
This is Blockbase E005. With this palette I knew I needed to work with some tree blocks.
All of the designs this week have large center blocks and a variety of border blocks. Can you imagine peicing this? I can't but it's easy in Electric Quilt.
Look at what a difference it makes to change just a couple colors. This, in my opinion, is the very best benefit of EQ.
This one would be even crazier to piece!
I like it with the leaf block in the center.
Yet another version.
I like this one with the dark background.
Now I must get back to work.
you have well water with a electric pump? we used to years ago and then when the power went out we lost our water also - very hard to deal with! I hope you don't loose the power! and also I hope the wind in not strong enough to knock down any of your trees especially if they are close to the house
Posted by: Karen | October 28, 2012 at 04:02 PM
Hope the power stays on for you...sure is a nuisance
when it goes out.
No surprise I'm sure my fave is the one on the dark blue background.
Posted by: Deb Levy | October 28, 2012 at 04:54 PM
This designs give me the impression that you had fun playing, using blocks in ways which are probably highly impractical when it comes to actually making a quilt ... but if you find something worth making it will be possible.
Posted by: Virtual Quilter | October 28, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Vicki,
Hope the storm bypasses you.
Judy B
Posted by: Virtual Quilter | October 28, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Do you have a water container that you can fill in the tub (like a giant balloon) and save water for drinking, cooking, etc?
If not I hope you have lots of jugs. And fill the tub anyway for water for other things.
Posted by: Gene Black | October 28, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Wow - I love these tree designs!
Posted by: Becky in VA | October 29, 2012 at 09:43 AM
Hoping for the best.
Posted by: Pam | October 29, 2012 at 12:02 PM
It's so hard to decide which one I like best, but I love the ones with the leaf blocks. The colors in this palette are especially nice b/c they are not too dark. Fall colors are not as much fun for me usually, because the colors seem to get grayed to be too dark. I had been thinking about how they could be brighter without being pastel. This palette really takes that darkness out and gives nice clear color, but still maintains the spirit of autumn.
Posted by: Marjorie Busby | October 30, 2012 at 06:07 AM
I love these! I saw the first one and thought, "I'll make that one!" But then you just kept going. Now I think I need to make all of them. :)
Posted by: Giggles | October 30, 2012 at 11:18 AM