Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Carolina Straightaway




I've agonized and been back and forth between doing the Carolina Crossroads as written, and doing my version of Carolina Straightaway, and now I'm declaring myself as having made a firm decision to do my version. I love the pictures of everyone's CC's, but I don't think that I want that large of a quilt, and so I'm going to do my version. Mine will have sashing and will have the other CC block with the star, in each corner, with 3 - 3 inch borders, one each in red, white, and blue, to join together with the star blocks. I have 1 block completed, and am set up and ready to go, but still procrastinating on the computer, lol. I feel like doing the 4 star blocks will make me feel like I did everything in the pattern, but just in a smaller amount. If it doesn't look girlie, I may give it to one of my brothers for Christmas, or maybe even my DH, or if I love it I may get greedy. The top picture is the fabric that I had bought a while back for my Carolina Straightaway, and now I can't remember which is which, but it is for the borders and sashing. Maybe the backing too, as there is quite a bit of the fabric with the little blue stars. I'll need to figure it all out again, as I lost my little cheat sheet when I moved my sewing area from the family room back to the bedroom. Now I still need to decide if it is going to be a Carolina Straightaway, or a Florida Straightaway. I could be going off to Lake Buena Vista this afternoon with DH and 12 year old dear grandson, but at least I have my plan now






7 comments:

Amanda said...

I'm glad you've managed to get your ideas together now - now all you've got to do is do it! They're pretty fabrics and should look great. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

Jeanne said...

I think your quilt will be terrific!

Brenda said...

I can not wait to see the finished quilt; have fun with all your choices!

Perry said...

I like that blue fabric in that quilt. Looks great! Whatever you decide to do will look wonderful I know.

Teresa said...

I think you ideas for the quilt are great. Its always fun to make a quilt your "own" by making some design changes.

SueR said...

The one block looks terrific. It doesn't look girlie at all, and I'd keep it! Looking forward to seeing more. I never did that one, and I'm still fiddling around with Orange Crush!

Linda said...

Doesn't look girly to me! Love the fabric scrappies! I think I would get greedy with it :D LOL
Ooooooo..... love all the fabrics! HOpe you find your cheat sheet to save you some time. Sewing area looks great!