A year ago, when I started writing my HomeMaker column for the Spokesman, I declared myself to be a nonquilter in print. I admit. I was afraid. I'd attempted it a couple of times, and I think because I chose somewhat complicated designs, I totally, wholly failed.
I had already gotten over the notion that quilting was an old-fashioned craft. I'd stumbled upon Denyse Schmidt several years ago, so I knew there was great potential for modern quilts--i.e., quilts that didn't involve logos from the Green Bay Packers or images of cornucopia or something equally vomit inducing.
These days, I find myself day dreaming about making quilts. I cut a gajillion squares tonight out of my daughters' old baby clothes for a very simple baby mommy quilt I plan to make.
The next project, I hope, will be the Flock of Triangles quilt from Denyse's book. My plan is to use mainly turquoise fabrics for the triangles with brown accents and to make it big enough to use on J and my king-size bed. Daunting, huh? Damn that co-sleeping. We should have bought a queen.
Anyhow, from around the blogosphere, here are some other crafters' inspiring interpretations of Flock of Triangles:
From Hop Skip Jump:
From For the Joy of It:
From Gloriana07 on Flickr:
And a gorgeous multi-colored one that I can't seem to copy and paste from knottygnome. You can see it here.
Wish me luck.
