Two Flower Blocks - A Double Finish!

This first block finished completes my One Monthly Goal for January.  Not wanting to prolong finishing all the blocks any long, I pressed on to finish the last one for the quilt.

This is "Pineapple" from Linda Brannock's Flowers quilt.  I finished it mid-January.   It measures 13½" x 17½". 

The original leafy top for this had the narrowest little spikes.  I liked it well enough but wasn't sure my skills were up to such detail so I adapted the leafy top.  I'm happy with this one.


I jumped to the next and last flower block as soon as the pineapple was finished.  This is "Marigolds and Blueberries."  The block measures 20½" x 12½". 

I thought most of the blocks in this quilt were quirky, including this one.  By the time I finished the marigolds I liked them a lot with their leaves cut with the stems and the top half of the stems and leaves moving right into the flowers.  I thought about leaving off the blueberries but decided the block would look pretty bare.  This is the only block for which I didn't audition all the fabrics while the other blocks were laid out.  I hope they play all well together.

This block will need a good soak and wash.  It's stiff with glue because of all the tight curves!  I hope the orange/red fabric doesn't run.  I'll use Dawn dish soap for the wash.  I understand it either helps prevent colors from running or, if they run, it helps prevent the other fabrics from soaking in the color.  This is not a block I would like to make again.

The next step in this quilt is the sashing, made of half square triangles.  By the pattern the quilt will finish at 49" x 76".  I've never made such a long narrow quilt and can't imagine it being very useful for napping under or laying on a bed.  I plan to widen it by making the HSTs larger and adding a border of HSTs around the edges inside the outer border.  It will require too much calculating and perhaps plenty of trial and error.  Not to mention that I'm not sure about colors for the triangles.  Lots of play to look forward to with this quilt.

I'm linking this post to
> One Monthly Goal January Finish link-up at Elm Street Quilts
> BOMs Away at What a Hoot Quilts
> Wednesday Wait Loss 104 at The Inquiring Quilter
> Midweek Makers #160 at Quilt Fabrication
> Friday Night with Friends at Gone Stitchin'
> Peacock Party at Wendy's Quilts and More 
> Finished or Not Friday at Busy Hands Quilts
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--Nancy.
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