Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Category Archives: Orphan Blocks

Cacophony is a Top

June 6, 2025 10:33 am ⋅

After pulling a a dozen fabrics to audition for the borders, I ultimately went with my first choice that I picked when I first started working on the top.  It’s a vintage Robert Kaufman print of musical instruments.  It currently measures 73″ x 92″, so it will fit beautifully on a twin bed with a 15″ drop on 3 sides of the bed after quilting and washing.

I have a bin of backings and leftover backing pieces.  Since this is a stash quilt, I thought I would have to piece a backing together, but I found this backing fabric which is 82″ x 108″ — the exact size I need – in the bin without a quilt name attached to it.  Guess what I’m using.

This weekend is the Mississippi Quilt Association Summer Gathering – if I get home early enough, I’ll press the backing and get the quilt loaded so I can quilt it over the weekend.

 

Posted in: Cacophony, Orphan Blocks, Stash

Cacophony Is Ready for the Border

June 5, 2025 8:31 am ⋅

Cacophony is ready for the borders.  I just had a small section to finish and it took me nearly 4 hours.  The center of the quilt measures 60″ x 79″ so this is not a small quilt.  After I get the borders on it, it will fit a twin bed with about a 15″ drop on 3 sides — before quilting and washing.

After the center was done, I spent an hour pulling fabrics from the stash trying to find a border.

I think this is the winner, which is ironic, as this is what I pulled last week.

It is a busy print, but I think it will be OK with a narrow border.

 

Posted in: Cacophony, Orphan Blocks

What I’m Working on 6/4/2025

June 4, 2025 1:19 am ⋅

I am nearing the finish of the center of Cacophony. It’s like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. I worked down from the top keeping the width the same, but when I got to the bottom I realized the bottom was going to be about 1 1/2″ too wide, so I need to regroup. Thus the bottom row of the quilt was assembled.  Now I need to fill in the missing pieces.

This is roughly what I’m going to do. I just need to get the measurements right.

 

Posted in: Cacophony, Orphan Blocks, Uncategorized

Cacophony – A New Orphan Block Quilt

May 30, 2025 9:10 am ⋅

Because I apparently like unrealistic deadlines, Wednesday night I thought to myself “I bet you can get an Orphan Block quilt made before the next Guild meeting.” Never mind that I’m going to my great-niece’s high school graduation this weekend.

Thursday night I spent some time shuffling blocks. This is where I’m at right now.  Any sane person would try to do columns or rows so they all are the same size. I’m doing this on the fly.  The top is 50″, but move down a bit and the numbers add up to 52″ or 54″ – I can’t remember which at the moment.  I’m going to need a filler.  I also need to shuffle some blocks.  This is going to take longer that a weekend.  But maybe I can have it ready for Kansas City.

Posted in: Cacophony, Orphan Blocks