Just last night, I was drooling over this "Rocky Road to Kansas" quilt, made in 1930, pictured in
Gwen Marston's Liberated String Quilts book.
This book is one of my absolute favorites, for the amazing collection of old string quilts shown.
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| Grey shot cotton |
Some months ago, I made about 150 kite shaped "string" pieces with
Victoria's 15 minutes play method. I was going to use them in a spider web quilt, but then changed my mind. Ah-hah! I could use them for a "Rocky Road to Kansas"quilt! I looked up instructions for the block before I went to bed last night.
This morning, I woke up to a beautiful "Rocky Road to Kansas" block on the
NYC Metro Mod Quilter's blog! Hmm. Something must be in the air. THEN, Nadia at
Multicolored Pieces wrote about the "rocky road ahead" in Tunisia.
OK, I got it! It's time to start this quilt!
They say, "Great minds think alike." So I'd like some help choosing the setting fabric from your great minds. Here are several auditions, none that I'm really thrilled with. Any thoughts on these or other directions would be welcome. Thank you!!
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| Kona "Cinnamon" |
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| Olivey Shot Cotton |
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| Vintage Turquoise |
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| Kaffe Fasset Red Chard (generously gifted by Mary K.) |
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| A Kona Green, not sure of the name. |
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| Kaffe Fasset disappearing act |
