Corduroy III & IV

When I cut triangles I really cut triangles and so the broken dishes became a series of four.  I ran out of the floral after the borders of Quilts 1 and 2  but quilts don't have to have borders, some say quilts without borders are "modern" but look back at  antique quilts and many do not have borders. These do not have batting either.   I quilted with the meandering feather and concentric teardrops instead of in the ditch and tried very hard to avoid the intersections.  Broken needles, broken dishes and planned randomness.  --Ann--

Corduroy II

Broken Dishes II or Stars and Pinwheels.  Can you find where I matched the prints or values of the cords to make stars and pinwheels?  I see something random and I want to organize it. Darling daughter's college roommate got married in June and daughter was struggling with a gift for her so I said you are going to inherit most of these quilts someday anyway do you want to give her a quilt?  Within minutes of her contacting roomie's mom on face book she chose a quilt and I know its going to a good home.  Its never been used but its been washed and fluffed and labeled and now its been photographed and documented.  This is one that I missed in my scrapbook of quilts.  This is stitched in the ditch and I did not use a batting in the corduroy quilts.  --Ann--

Corduroy Series Broken Dishes I

Twenty years ago in 1997 I cut  my corduroy fabrics into 6 1/2 inch squares to make a broken dishes quilt.  The navy and gray cords were leftovers from trousers I sewed for my boys, the lightest pink was a jumper for daughter, one of the grays and the green were pants for me and the floral was intended for a jumper for me that never happened. To me the broken dishes pattern is a random arrangement of half square triangles to others it is 4 half square triangles sewn into a square in a square with no thought as to value or color.  I was random for a while then I grouped some into pinwheels, flying geese and directional rows that twist and turn.  But I only used a little of my fabric in this one so I made another and another.  --Ann--