Halo Four

Last month seven shops Not Far From Philadelphia (including two that are actually In Philadelphia) held a shop hop. I think I wrote about it earlier, although I don't believe I shared any of my spoils. I'd started with a four-pack of Tilda FQs and a handful of Tilda's delicious solids and hauled them around with me as we hopped, gathering FQs that I thought would play nicely with what I carried.

Then these goodies rested for a couple of weeks while I thought about what they might turn into. During the event, I had asked my fellow hoppers, "Where do you start? Do you begin with a pattern or an idea and then choose your fabrics? Or do you take a group of fabrics that are drop-dead gorgeous together and then decide what to do with them?" Y'all already know which side of the fence I come down on.

Well, I had something else up on my wall and I needed something for in front of the television (we were watching "Bad Sisters" [highest recommendation for those with twisted minds] and the Phillies were doing their thing and Sunday nights had not one but two new mystery series and I couldn't just sit there empty-handed, now could I?) In the past year I've made three Halo quilts (two finished, one in flimsy stage) and I guess I just didn't think I'd gotten my money's worth out of those templates. Or something. I started cutting and the Phillies pressed on and Annika got involved with the new unit and the Bad Sisters  . . . .  well, I'm not going to tell you what they were up to. I drew lines and matched arcs and pies and surrounded squares with Tilda's solid triangles and before I knew it I had fifteen blocks finished and about five waiting in the bullpen (or would that be the on-deck circle? -- never mind, the Series is over and the Phillies came in second).

These are my colors. And I'm liking it a lot. More than half of these blocks have fussy-cut centers. You can see them by clicking on the photo. And stay tuned as this develops!