So, I loved the Bauhaus quilt pattern by Bridgette Heitland. Here is my top finished, waiting to be quilted.
I changed a few blocks just for fun, and re-arranged them, but it’s basically still Brigitte’s design
It looked to me like a perfect quilt to do Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG), so I pulled more fabric and got started.
I really didn’t like these fabrics as well as the brighter colors I used for the previous version, but it was fun to quilt the blocks individually.
After I got all the blocks quilted separately, I arranged them on the design wall.
But when I started joining blocks and adding borders, things went sideways!
Now what? I could remove the quilting and the borders, but I’m thinking I’ll just “redesign” the block arrangement! I know for sure those two striped blocks can’t be left next to each other like that!!!
A friend reported she had a shot of whiskey when she finally finished one of her projects. I’m pretty sure I’ll need one somewhere along in here!
Any ideas for this “slight error” (other than alcohol)?
Zippy Quilts 
Sometimes an instantaneous reaction to a piece’s issues can provide insight into its solution. My initial reaction: switch the teal striped ‘row’ of two blocks w the one under it/do the same with the two rows to its left. Then reassess. Also, I’m thinking if all else fails, why not just ‘enclose’ the groups of 4 blocks with the dark blue sashing/border material and then join those 4 large blocks together? More a variation on the theme of Bauhaus, but maybe more manageable?
My big question for you is this: How are you going to ‘finish’ those backside joins of the pre-quilted blocks?
Aha! The backside finish is part of the problem in that I have done it already and don’t want to unsew it! Here is a long-ago post with a picture of the back of a QAYG: https://zippyquilts.blog/2019/04/21/i-dislike-quilt-as-you-go/
I suspected as much. And as I commented on that post you referenced: I guess the real question is: “Why do we keep coming back to a technique that truely doesn’t work for us?”
Where’s Georgia Bonesteele these days? Maybe she’d have an answer?!
As far as I know she’s still in Hendersonville. Her original method of QAYG was even more tedious than this!
You’re right about that. Funny we both remember this stuff!
The whiskey approach gives it a character of its own! Gives it a “Whiskey River” kind of jibe. 😉
I think Laura gave some good suggestions.
Laura’s suggestions plus whiskey, perhaps!
Oh no, sorry things weren’t working out – but the quilt is so cool! I think your plan to redesign the block arrangement is good or you could do the shot of whiskey and just call it good! No one but you (and now us, ha!) will know that stripes next to each other we not planned! 🙂
I’ll eventually redesign somehow and post about it. Another learning experience! 🙄
I rather like the arrangement in the first picture, without any borders. Would that be too small for your intended purpose?
Aha! I could indeed just remove all borders! It’s a class sample so I think that would work. Thanks! And BTY, I just finished a good book by William Kent Kreuger and I think maybe you suggested him.
Oh, I love these sections! Just rotate and rearrange them. Does that help? I’d love to play around with a layout, that’s for sure! I might even add more units, just to make the quilt larger. I love each of these patches – the half circles, the triangles, the stripes. Exactly my kind of design. I know yours will come together beautifully!
Thanks, Linda 🙂