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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Roll Roll Cottonboll top done; Hopscotch started

Measuring at 95" x 110", Roll Roll Cottonboll top is complete. It's big. Very big. And will be perfect for my our king-size bed. I'm not sold on the 4.5" blue outer border, but I didn't want to stay-stitch around the edge of the quilt in order to pin it to my frame. One thing for sure...I am GLAD I have a frame that will fit this baby! I actually measured the length of my frame---about 125". So, I'll be able to load this sideways to reduce as much bulk as possible on the take-up bar.

Like I said yesterday....a little bit here and a little bit there....and the top just slowly came together. Once those string blocks and the HSTs were complete, it sped up a bit, but still probably the most time-consuming quilt top I've ever made to date.

With some downtime last night, I pulled out Bonnie's Adventures with Leaders and Enders book to see if there was a perfect pattern for the 4-patches I tidied yesterday. Sure enough....



So, I started pulling scraps from my 1.5" box. {{The pattern calls for 2" strips, but I modified it to fit the smaller 4-patches I had pieced.}} These blocks will finish at 6", and I don't have any preset notion of how large I'll make this quilt. I don't have any yellow/cheddar/orange as suggested in Bonnie's pattern, but I have had this copper fabric in my stash for over a year. I think it may be the ticket; definitely will be ideal for a boy/male/gentleman's quilt.

I haven't included any numbers of these blocks into my stash report yet. I'll wait until I have all the blocks pieced. But, I did add a bit (removed a bit) due to adding the borders to RRCB and the baby quilt I pieced last week.

Stash Report: March 21 - April 3
Used/week: 3.875 yds
Purch/week: 0.0 yds

Used/year: 46.625 yds
Purch/year: 11.0 yds

Net Used: 35.625 yds

Happy Sunday.
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9 comments:

  1. Jackie's StitchesApril 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Wow! That IS big! It looks wonderful.

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  2. AndeeApril 3, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    It looks fabulous! Seriously, very motivating for me as I plod on to the second string pieced block! Also, I am sitting here with all three of Bonnie's books and have been browsing through them today...and you picked another from one!

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  3. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Ohh, the quilt is fantastic, and so very large! Love the colors you used.
    Rose in MN

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  4. Quilter KathyApril 3, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    Congrats on finishing this great quilt top! I really like the outside blue border!
    Neat pattern for your 4 patches!

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  5. Alycia~QuiltygirlApril 3, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    I love it! And I love the new start. that quilt looks fun!

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  6. Rabid Quilter from CaliforniaApril 3, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    It seems the quilts that are the most time-consuming are the ones that are the most spectacular--as YOURS is! I've seen a lot of these Bonnie Hunter quilts and they are all outstanding! I'm looking forward to her next one but I hope I'm not too terribly tempted to make it--LOL!!

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  7. AmandaApril 4, 2011 at 6:14 AM

    Wow, that quilt looks lovely, but I don't envy you the amount of time it must have taken.

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  8. JulieApril 5, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Love it! Hopscotch is interesting to me...I have a bunch of leader ender 4 patches in a sack.

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  9. CandaceApril 8, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    Your RRCB is spectacular. I love the blue border myself. Is it me, or does anyone else feel when they look at the RRCB's that even though they are a million pieces the over all effect is more simple and calm than many of Bonnie's patterns. Or maybe I'm just crazy, lol. Your Hopscotch is going to be beautiful also.

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