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March 6, 2012 by Tien Chiu

Quilt square

I finished my first foundation-pieced quilt square yesterday:

Geese over the cabin quilt block
Geese over the cabin quilt block

I like it!  It came out pretty well, with nice sharp points.  Compositionally, I think it’s sound – I’m on the fence about the first fuchsia log, which stands out pretty sharply – but it also adds drama, which I think is important for this block.  Aside from the fuchsia it’s all closely related, medium to light value colors, which isn’t as exciting as I would like.

Today I’m going to work on another quilt square, though that will probably have to wait until Mike gets up, as my sewing machine is fairly noisy.  I think this one will be “Snail’s Trail”, but I might do “Dutchman’s Puzzle” instead.

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  1. pam says

    March 6, 2012 at 10:37 am

    The fuchsia will add a nice zing to your block.

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