New Quilt started
 

Finally finished piecing and squaring all the blocks on my next project. Cathedral by Villa Rosa Designs. Can't decide if I want to mix up the blocks randomly or if arranging them by like a prism would look better.

What would you do?


Also, I can't find it in myself to part with the squaring up scraps! There's got to be a use for them....maybe in my themed art quilt. Trying to figure out how to make a 3-D jellyfish...seems like these scraps would be a cool embellishment for coral.

What a wonderful quilt this will make. I don't have a suggestion about how to lay it out. Maybe make the blocks and then play with placement. I often take a picture of a layout and look at it on the computer, it helps

lay them out on a design wall and see what comes to you :)

The scraps are pretty. I might put them in a clear glass jar and just look at them--at least until you think of another use for them.

I think I'd follow the colors of a rainbow for the layout. As far as the scraps, I can't blame you for wanting to use those too. Found myself in the same predicament a few days ago and decided to use Mod Podge to glue them onto an empty round oatmeal box...wanted a special place to store more of the same. Good luck!

When I look at your skinny scraps, I see kelp flowing in the water, in different colors. Lovely colors!!

I did this for 3d jellyfish on a wall quilt: take the clearest bridal illusion, or one with a tint with some glitz to it, form your top bulb of the jellyfish body and stuff those pretty color strips into the body part, let a few hang out as the tentacles.

I save my teeny scraps in a bag and use them for stuffing in pillows. :)

Great blocks. Will be fun waiting to see how you arrange them. For the string scraps. You could wind them around cloths lone rope & zigzag together to make either hot pads or fabric bowls & baskets out of them. The coloring of your scraps, they wpuld be beautiful.

I'm thinking I'd put a block in the center and radiate out in gradient 'colors' - IF you have enough blocks to do that. (much like your colors in your skinnies are grouped) Can you do a couple of layouts and post pics?
I have nothing for you on the skinnies! I toss mine without hesitation :)

I would suggest laying them out... taking a picture of it... changing the layout... take another picture, etc and then look at the pictures and decide which layout you like the best.
I personally chuck the squaring up stuff. Life's too short to have to deal with even more scraps! I have too many scrap boxes as it is. :D

I think you can crochet them or braid them make a little mug rug

Lynnie -- how would you attach the jellyfish body to the quilt? I can see it but just not sure how to attach it so it stands up off the quilt.

That sounds beautiful -- I might give that a try!

I put mine on my design wall, then look at them thru a door peep, I bought at Lowes for a couple of dollars.

Wow, what beautiful colors! That will make a fantastic quilt.

Beautiful, fabric blocks!

I love the colors you have chosen and agree with others that you need to put them on the design wall, take pictures and then decide. Are they all batiks? Not sure about the scraps.... Please let us know what you decide!

Ooooh, gorgeous!

I like both Susanb and WTxRed idea. Do you have enough to lay them out diagonally. I absolutely adore your colors. I think your idea will work for coral. Just be sure it is not going to be a quilt you wash and make sure you stipple the tiny strips down. Good Luck !!

I would try the different layouts and take a picture to see which you perfer. Your jellyfish idea ould be really great!

Those fabrics are yummy!

that sounds beautiful - have you posted it yet?
Those scraps are calling me, too!

I have a lot of trimmings like that due to the amount of paper piecing I do. I save them in a ziploc bag and am going to use my current batch to stuff a draftdodger.

You know, putting them in a pretty clear jar or vase would look very good! Nice decoration for a sewing room!

Dina

How about putting the beautiful scraps in a clear glass ornament? Colors of the blocks are just gorgeous..

Pics of different layouts -- what do you think?
 

Ok ladies, Here are three different layouts. Are there any others you can think of?

What do you think looks best or what more could I do to get the most out of these colors. I really want to bring out the 'cathedral' window look of these colors.

I'm open to all suggestions.

Hi Sue -- I'm working on the Jellyfish art quilt today...still trying to figure out how to for the top of the body and stuff the body so it looks soft and fluid yet it has the 'body' it needs to be hand stitched onto the quilt and keep it's shape.

I will ad pics as it develops.

Your colors are pretty and the little pile of thin pieces is really cute, looks flower like. Don't know what to do with them but I understand your reluctance to toss them!

That will be just beautiful

Beautiful colors..

Even tho I am a tie dye girl - I am drawn to your first picture - love the fabric colors!!!!

I like the first one ... kind of like the color wheel. What ever you do it will be a lovely quilt.

I was thinking I'd like a scrappy layout, but as I look at your three choices, the last one is calling to me. I love bright colors, and you've chosen some great ones! I, too, toss my scrappies. I already have six bins of scraps, and am now only saving big pieces. I find, that even though I love scrappy quilts, I usually go to my stash and don't use my scraps. I think it's because I want to use different fabrics. If I keep using my scraps, my quilts tend to have the same look.... even though the patterns are different, using the same fabrics over and over tends to get boring for me.

Looking at the scraps, the appear fairly uniform in width. I think that since these are batiks, what I would do is weave these together, and then back with a stabilizer, and then make personal appliques to go on the quilt - whether in the borders or randomly around the blocks :)

There's room in the sandbox for everybody ...as long as everybody plays nice!
Shayla

Beautiful colors.

Love the colors you're using. The slivers look like multi-colored veggie pasta!

Love your colors

I like arrangement #3.

I looked up the pattern and one of the reasons it's so appealing is the random placement of colors. That being said, I like either two or three...not one! And if I were doing it, I'd go for 3. I like the burst of color in the middle.