Over Planning-Woodland Quilt Pt 3

Some of you might remember a previous post where I mentioned that one of the things that keeps me from completing projects is a tendency to over plan.

This project is a prime example of this. I spent the week scanning pinterest for interesting looking quilt squares and requested 6 different quilting books from the library. (Only 2 of those have come in. The rest are checked out so I have to wait.) I found a whole slew of blocks that I like but since I've never made a quilt before I think that I ought to stick to patterns that are somewhat simple.

I started to layout my pattern by using graph paper to mark off a rectangle 30 x 36 squares. Each square represents a 2 inch by 2 inch area of the quilt. Then I marked off where I thought I would place each of the embroidery designs I'm planning to have and colored them pink.

You can see where I started to fill in the remaining squares with quilt block patterns. Before I got very far into it I decided it would be good to make a reference page for some of the blocks I liked. So I divided another sheet of graph paper into 12 x 12 squares and started sketching in designs from the books I have. I used colored pencils to fill in the various colors just to show the design, they don't really correspond to any particular fabric at this point.

The only thing left to do is to is place them into the empty spaces in the bigger template. I tried to stick to fairly simple blocks but some of these, like those numbered 14 and 17 above, are probably a little complex for me. Although I may try one and see. I could always replace it with a plain block if it didn't turn out right. The other thing I need to consider is the scale for the fabrics I have. The animals are fairly small but I don't want them to be cut into such small pieces that you can't tell what the pattern was.

However I won't be getting much work done over done the weekend. This weekend is reciprocal weekend between the Kansas City Zoo and Powell Gardens, which means we can use our Friends of the Zoo pass to enter Powell Gardens for half-price.

I like the way the plants grew up to enhance some of the sculptures.

We've been meaning to go because they currently have a Lego Exhibit at the garden. We went to the original Nature Connects Exhibit in 2013 and are excited to see all new Lego sculptures.

Blending of real and Lego waterlilies