Spins and first snowfall

A few weeks ago I pulled about 16 pairings for vintage spin blocks and I am very slowly cutting them and then sewing them. So here is the latest batch of blocks.

And for those of you in the Northeast USA, please look away. If you can believe it, this is our first snow of the winter. This is the accumulation after about 8 hours. It is a very light granular snow which means I won't be snow dyeing with it. This picture is the view of a bench on the back deck.

More Spinning

Here are some more vintage spin blocks for my Pretty Weird quilt that will be reversible:  pretty spins on one side and weird ones on the back. In any case, I am still having quite a bit of fun digging deep into the stash for my combinations. The spin block in the upper left uses a dark blue swirly fabric from a dress I wore in the 60s and a Marimekko fabric from who knows where with 1989 printed in the selvedge.

Pretty Weird Vintage Spin

Here's my latest additions to my vintage spin block collection. I have had the complete set on the design wall for a few days and at first I thought it needed a few brights to pull it together. However, I have had a change of heart and think that I may have two quilts under construction. Some of the blocks are quite pretty while quite a few of them are downright weird. A few months ago I made a reversible quilt for my grand nephew with good I-spy blocks on one side and "evil" I-spy blocks on the other. (And yes, some of you objected to my classifying kittens and teddy bears as evil.) So for this quilt I am planning to have Pretty blocks on one side and Weird blocks on the other, and this should make for a Pretty Weird quilt.

Vintage Spin Revisited

I thought it was about time to look at all of the vintage spin blocks together. I made each block by pairing interesting fabrics together and not thinking about whether they might play well together. At this point I'm tempted to add one more row even though it is already 70 inches square. I'd also take the opportunity to sprinkle in some more brights. Because I have obviously shown too much restraint.