Ok, all you lucky people, here is the latest offering from the infertile mind of me. I had a bunch of solids that I have been collecting, and I was planning to do a fan quilt. When I started laying out the colors for the fans I had an inspiration. Well maybe it was a perspiration. Anyway., this is the result. I call it: "The Sun Never Sets On The Amish Empire". With obvious apologies to my Amish neighbors and distand Cousins, across the pond. The particulars are 65" tall x 62" wide. A lap quilt size and as close to square as the design would allow. The stitching along the outside panel, includes a fan in each corner and crossing x's within boxes thruout the rest of the border. This will be my last quilt for awhile, as I have to do some outside painting of the house, and that is going to involve the moving of ladders and setting of painting planks and operating up at second story level and working without a net. My wife contends, cruel woman that she is, that she could envision a more usefull application of the net, if needed. I also have a plan for a new type of aparatus for the basting of the quilting sandwitch that involves a series of square poles and 4 support stands. I will let you know if it is workable and post some pics if it looks like it is something that might be usefull. It should be fairly easy for anybody to build with a minimum of tools and would break down for storage. Anyway here is the link. Hope you like it. It is funny how you start out trying one thing and end up with a variation that might be better than the original. I do plan on doing the fan when I get back behind the machine and after the paint had dried and the new apparatus is made.
John