Orange Slice

My tips for getting out of a sewing funk is to start sewing something - anything!  After finishing a whole bunch of projects I decided to make a bunch of drunkards' path blocks from a beautiful monochromatic FQ bundle of Kona blues I'd received as a gift.

Everything was pieced somewhat randomly with no plan of the final layout.  Once I had all the blocks done, I displayed them on my floor and decided it need a pop of orange.

But how best to incorporate the orange?  I experimented and tried different layouts but it seemed to just resemble a bit hot mess.  Not the vibe I was going for!

So my first layout was too boring and the second one too messy.

I decided to flip the whole quilt idea around and go with a clamshell - one of my bucket quilts.  

I did have to seam rip and resew about a third of the drunkard's path blocks to get the right layout which while not fun, was the kind of mindless sewing I need to move beyond the funk.

My flimsy is about 32'' square.  I may either make this a baby quilt and do spiral quilting perhaps centered on the orange slice or have fun with FMQ and rulers and maybe some hand quilting - doing different things in each clamshell.  If I do that, I'll likely turn it into a wall hanging!

Have a wonderful day! Patty