A False Start...

...but the second one hits a homerun, I think.

I started to piece the quilt for Grandbebe Two last night. Remember my plan? After putting together a couple of blocks, I was not satisfied. Too busy, too cluttered, too something. Needed...less....patternage, more solid, less....just less.

I was saving some solid green for some in between pieces, but they were sacrificed. The in between pieces will be something else. I also found some bleached feed sack fabric from Grandbebe Girl's quilt to help with the 'more plain and less pattern', too.

Then I ditched the idea of the 'three bar' squares, and went back to the plain old nine-patch. Sometimes simple is better.

That was confirmed with the first nine patch I pieced this morning. So much better. Soon I had five pieced. Then eight.

All 13 are done now. What can I say....I was on a roll. Here is a shot of a few squares placed sort of according to plan. There will be in between strips and squares, but this gives a broad idea of what's going on. I thought while sewing that I will probably quilt with green thread. At least that is my thinking now.

Next, I will cut the in between pieces, trim Dearest Sister embroidered squares, and sew the top together. Dearest Sister has twelve embroidered squares and I have thirteen ninepatches, each nine by nine. Thgis is not a crib quilt, but more of a twin sized.

Piecing by machine, quilting by hand. Not sure what the back will look like just yet. I have one piece of fabric, but I believe it will have to be supplemented. That will mean finding the vintage colors to do so.

It's coming along!