This is what I’ve been working on.
I’m squaring up blocks, that after I made them, I decided I should soak and rinse to make sure nothing would bleed. I don’t normally prewash, but I’ve never used anything like Oakshott cotton and the pigment is so dense, I got nervous about fading after I made all the blocks. I hand rinsed each block, squeezed them out, tossed the in the dryer, with a dry towel for about 15 minutes then stretched them out square and pressed them the rest of the way dry.
I drew me up a grid, using pencil and a scrap of white fabric, and pinned it to my ironing board. I used this to roughly square up blocks as I pressed them dry.
Good news? Not one drop of dye could be found, from the deepest purple, brightest, yellow, rusts or even the reds. I could not be happier!
Then I squared them up to the smallest sized one and arranged and arranged to match the color arrangement in my head. I find that taking pictures, then looking at them on the computer screen is more accurate than my eye, when arranging colors and patterns. So lots and lots of pictures and rearranging and maybe even some email and texting going on before I finalized it.
My final layout.
I think.
At least until the are stitched together.
More details to come….
Sewfrench 
That is a beautiful quilt, Lori! It is very effective. Well done!
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These are great. What a wonderful quilt you are making.
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It’s going to be another uniquely made one. The layout is beautiful! Looks like trees in the park during the FALL. Be Blessed, Mtetar
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Don’t you just love fall?!!
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Yes! Be Blessed, Mtetar
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Lori – It’s just BEAUTIFUL! Contemporary and stunning.
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Ooh how pretty! It kind of looks like a sunrise.
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Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
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It is just wonderful, again!!!
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I love how you arranged the colors. Your eye really moves around the quilt. I know what you mean about using a digital camera to get a better block placement- that trick works for me too!
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Lori, this is so freakin’ gorgeous…. Wow. I love it intensely.
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These are really beautiful! I love the block and the fabrics look fantastic! How great they didn’t loose any colour. I pre-wash all the fabrics; I’m too worried what may happen later. This is going to be wonderful quilt! x Teje
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I should probably rethink not prewashing my fabrics. Hand washing precut and pieced blocks was a bear….
Thanks, Teje.
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That is beautiful. I really love it!
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Oh, those tress are just gorgeous and the color combinations are just awesome. Try using Sythrapol as your detergent and Shout Colors Catchers to catch released dye and prevent bleeding. It really works. The combination and Era detergent corrected red flannel bleeding into white flannel for me. See details at http://dianeloves2quilt.blogspot.com/2012/12/slight-setbacks-not-seeing-red-mini.html
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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I love this!
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I really like that quilt. Do you have a pattern for it, or did you make the design yourself? I would love to make a quilt like that.
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Oh I love it! The batik trees and solid background is fantastic!!
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I love the coulours!
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I love this one! Maybe my favorite ever.
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Thanks, Heather! I kind of like it, too!
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