Friday, December 26, 2014

Odd man out

Hi folks! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday celebration! We had a very nice Christmas with lots of food and family. The only weird thing was that there was no snow at all! In fact, the sun came out for the first time in weeks. We had a white Thanksgiving but a brown Christmas. It was a very strange feeling. 

In addition to baking seventeen dozen cookies, I finished one thing this week:


This is the last block for the Odd Fellow's quilt, which was my second project for RSC14. I actually started sashing the blocks this week too, so this quilt should go together quickly. The sashing for these is a very narrow solid white, with no cornerstones. It sounds dull, but it looks great.

Here is this week's block with some of his brothers and sisters:

Look! Sunshine!

Notice anything? This last block is made in opposite values from all the others. Why? Because he's the Odd Fellow! Okay, maybe a bad joke, but it will make complete sense when the whole quilt is together.

That's almost all the sewing I accomplished this week. It was a very busy week! Somehow vacation was busier than work. Hope you were able to fit in a few stitches this week too. Enjoy your weekend!

Linking to Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Amanda Jean at crazy mom quilts, and also Angela at soscrappy. Happy sewing!

17 comments:

Sarah @ Georgia Girl Quilts said...

Wow! This is going to be stunning! I love the colors you've used. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Sara said...

I really like the idea of having this block reversed. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

Sheri said...

I love your blocks and love the idea of doing the scrap challenge but haven't got to it yet.

Jo said...

These blocks look great. What size do they measure

Terri said...

I understand the odd man, but what about the 9th block?
Hugs

Hollie @ Just a Mom who Sews said...

That looks wonderful! It will be beautiful when it's finished. Hopped over from Finish it Friday.

Unknown said...

I love these block and colors. I sure come back to see it finished. You made me curious.
Best wishes for 2015 and love from Amsterdam

Karen said...

I really like these blocks. I love two color blocks. Odd man is perfect.

dq said...

Lovely pieced star blocks.

scraphappy said...

I really like the reversed block. It looks great with all the others. Looking forward to a finished quilt soon!

Sally Trude said...

I'm glad to see it coming together...especially with Mr. Odd Fellow. Is the missing color blue-green?

Nell's Quilts said...

The odd fellow rally provides a nice break. Should be a beautiful quilt.

Nell's Quilts said...

The odd fellow rally provides a nice break. Should be a beautiful quilt.

Sheila said...

This is going to be an awesome quilt!

Kristy said...

These are really gorgeous blocks! I love your colors. The blue one is so pretty. Looking forward to seeing this done! K-

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

Ha ha- the oddfellow.... that is going to be fantastic!!

Kate said...

Your Odd Fellow block looks great. Looking forward to seeing this quilt finished.