A pretty new start (Tidepools) and Shadowpoint is a top

Good day, and welcome to my blog.

I've been busy in the past two weeks: a. buying jellyrolls of pretty fabrics; b. looking for patterns for jellyroll quilts on the internet; c. getting books about jellyroll quilts from the library; and d. finding a good pattern and starting a pretty top. 

I am using this book by Scott Flanagan:

It's from 2021 and I am following the directions for "Plateau" but I am calling it Tidepools.

I started with two sets of 2.5 inch strips:

Island Batiks "The Grove" and "Naturally Neutral".  The pattern in the book will take every last bit of the blue/green fabrics, and about 2/3 of the neutral fabrics (or a suitable amount of background fabric).

Here are some of my initial blocks, laid out on the floor:

Although there are tree and leaf patterns on the batiks, I am thinking sand and tidepools.  The blocks work up rather quickly but you must study the quilt diagrams and set them carefully to get the overall pattern.

In other news:

I have been working on my Shadowpoint project since coming home from my visit to my mom.  I bought 5 yards of gray background fabric and this is all that is left after cutting sashing and setting triangles:

But I have a top, part of which is shown below:

Now that it is sewn together, the optical illusion of floating blocks casting shadows is more obvious.  The original plan was to set the blocks of 25 patches together using white sashing.  This is a more interesting pattern, for sure.  The pattern can be found on the Quilted Twins website, under free patterns.  The top is about 84 inches by 101 inches and will go the long arm quilter.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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