DH has been getting antsy about the amount of time I spend quilting, so for winter, I've moved to crochet.
I did finish the drunkard's path lap quilts for some friends just before we went on holidays two weeks ago. The backs are actually white flannelette, so I don't know why they look blue.
Here they are.
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| The front - 2nd drunkard's path |
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| The back |
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| detail |
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| Front - 1st drunkard's path |
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| the back |
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I played around with the layouts forever. Each quilt uses the reverse block of the other. I drafted my own template from cardboard and used it to cut the curves. As the quarter circle takes up most of each block, I had to find layouts that didn't require all four bulky seams to come together.
These are lap quilts and I gave them to the recipients before I went on holidays. Due to the rush, I forgot to label them! Whoops.
I have been busy making tea cosies for family and charity and will show these in my next post. I tried to teach myself to knit, and failed fantastically, so all the cosies I have made are crocheted.
Great quilts - love the design and your quilting sets them off beautifully. Haven't knit or crocheted for years, no desire to relearn either so I admire your tenacity in trying, especially the knitting. Are you left-handed like I am? Much of the difficulty for me with both crocheting or knitting was trying to transpose the directions in my head since most instruction books are for righties.
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