Hand Pieced QAL - my Defiant quilt

#linneaeaquiltsdefiant2019

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I just wanted to jot down a few thought about the layout I've planned for the Defiant quilt.

I had this thought that I could make a more "modern" layout with the blocks I had made, and I tried searching on Pinterest for ideas concerning "modern" layouts for both quilt tops and backings. I sketched out a few mock-ups on paper, but then I made a final one using Paint (yeah, I'm old school, because I don't have Adobe Illustrator or the like) just so I would have it as a file.

I didn't have the time then to color in all the areas in the quilt blocks to directly correspond with the ones I've already made, so that's why they are in black and white.

But you can at least see what my plan is, and that's the main thing. I'm a bit unsure still about what I would like to have the backing to look like, but I'm hoping it'll come to me. Not having a pieced backing would be nice, because it would save me some time.

I'll have to assemble the big violet areas out of smaller parts, because the violet fabric I have to work with (that came out of the fabric stash at Arbis) was already cut into ~ fat quarter sizes. With rounded (!?!) corners non the less, so I had to square them up to begin with and lost a little in that process too.

But Defiant will become a large quilt, or at least it will be a LONG quilt. Because 9 blocks measuring 6'' finished is already 54'', and with the sashings added that have a finished length of 2.5'' x 8.

54'' + 20'' = 74'', and then also the sashings at the ends, and those are 2 x 6'', so 74'' + 12'' = 94''

(That's about 239 cm)

Yeah, maybe I should have planned ahead, and put the blocks in two rows instead of in one, but I'm keeping to this design because I like how it looks. But I might start cursing when it's time to do the quilting on it...

Wish me some good luck with that!

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