Hiding from the babies

It's amazing what you can do if you set your mind to it (and ignore the fact that you have 2 essays to write!). In the last couple of days I've managed to finish off my bear paw quilt top and piece the back together.

It's all folded up over the banister upstairs while the kids rampage downstairs. Hopefully I'll be able to get it layered up and quilted this evening after they've gone home. The back is made form one of the French General woven fabrics, which is absolutely lovely to touch. It's soft and gloriously silky.

I've also managed to piece together these blocks:

They may look familiar. They're an exact mirror image of the blocks for this quilt. I made a bit of a boo boo while cutting so I ended up with twice as many pieces. The other quilt was sold so I hope I can sell this one on too.

Mill House Inn finish

I enjoyed making this quilt tremendously.  There is something lovely about the balance of patterns, colours and values in the Mill House Inn line.  Quilt number one is quilted, bound and ready to go.

Due to a slip of the mind and a silly cutting error I now have the blocks for a twin for this baby which is why the progress bar still isn't full.  It will be a mirror image with the same backing and binding.

I think they would look adorable in a room with twin beds or draped over two sofas in a living room.  I just need to get some of the marks off that I used for the quilting and then I can find them a nice home.

Laying out the Strip Twist

I stitched all my jelly roll strips into sets of 4 ordering them dark-light-dark-light in each set.  These were then cut into 8.5" squares and then cut in half diagonally to make the half square triangles.

A couple of hours on the living room floor in front of the Great British Bake Off and a lot of rearranging got me this layout.  I think it's just about balanced but the dark red is very dominant so it a long time to get it evenly spread through the pattern.

What do you think?  Are there any dark or light patches that stand out for you?