A BowTies Finish Plus Two More for Hands2Help 2023

BowTies is a top.  Hooray!  I finished it on Wednesday, which accomplished my hope that it would be done by the end of May.

This photo shows the colors closest to real-life colors.  My camera and I had trouble capturing accurate colors.  I didn't try it outside because the sun would have washed out the colors.  For the past week or so we've had 100% sun with no clouds.

One thing I realized when making this quilt is that plaids do much better (in my opinion) when two pieces are not touching in a block.  I like it when lines align but it's nearly impossible to align plaids when they're side-by-side in a block like this.

Each bow tie finishes at 6".  Four together, placed with lights touching, creates a circular shape.  Bow ties are such forgiving blocks when it comes to the corner triangles being exactly the same.  And the only seams that have to meet are where four light or dark corners meet.

I succeeded in my goal of having four different light fabrics touch where the blocks meet.  There are a few dark "circles" but for the most part, the bow ties were randomly placed.

These three quilt tops, below, are the ones going to Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to become comforter quilts.

The center one, a double Irish Chain, is at least 10 years old, made before I began blogging.  It is larger than the other two and will fit a double bed.  It has such an array of fabrics and colors.  I think of these scrappy, multi-fabric quilts as compendium quilts--a concise collection of the fabrics I had on hand at the time I made the quilt. 

It has been fun to create something that will become useful, use fabrics I had on hand for good, and not feel possessive about the finishes.  I'll tote these to the not-too-far-distant MCC shop later this month. 

I'm linking this post to
> Hands2Help Link-up at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
> Finished (or not) Friday at Alycia Quilts
> Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework
> Peacock Party at Wendy's Quilts and More
> TGIFF at anjaquilts
> Off the Wall Friday at Nina's Creations
Thank you for hosting, ladies.

--Nancy.