This quilt is going to look stunning – I just know it. The challenge is getting from the ‘bits all over the floor’ stage to the ‘oh isn’t it stunning’ stage – remember how much Chinese brocade frays!
I now have 3 wonderful cushion covers – samples of how I might put the quilt together. This is the complete opposite to how I would usually work. Usually the whole thing would have been thought through, all the problems anticipated and solved and the completed quilt pictured in my mind – not this time.
I’m still undecided which pattern to go with. . . 
Squares are not easy to line up in this fabric – although I could have taken a little more care.
These random bricks don’t need lining up but 2 metre long strips of Chinese brocade will be tricky to sew together – it was bad enough when they were just 80 cm long.
This is perhaps I favour – one rectangle and 2 squares forming a bigger square arranged in a random fashion. When I assemble the larger square, I can trim it so they together well and as the layers will be tied rather than sewn, I can disguise and mismatched corners.
Or I might do something completely different – I’m going to consult the intended recipient.
Crazy patches that don’t need to match up anywhere?
Yes, that’s a possibility Faith. I was hoping to do something strip pieced so I could get it done quickly but quick just isn’t going to happen.
I like this. You are inspiring me to raid my stash. But … should I start yet another project that I don’t have time to finish or stay on the projects I am working on? That is what the journal is about I think, yes?
Yes, that constant chasing your tail story of women who want to do a bit of everything – just contemplation of a project is a kind of start isn’t it? I made a big map of all the things that ‘need’ to be done – yeah, right, ha!