I have been working close to the deadline for this next border prompt. Darling Dogwood is this week's director of our inspiration by pointing us to the animal kingdom. There are so many blocks which come to my mind and I toyed with various ideas, but I couldn't afford delaying too long.
I decided upon "Duck Tracks". I would have liked to have made them in sets (4 per block) but that would have really expanded the size of this quilt. Of course I could have made them in miniature, but then I would have to make 32+ blocks in just one week. Phew! So I opted with just one "foot" square running along the edges to make this border. Let's imagine them hopping on one foot around my quilt! Silly ducks!
This prompt has been my hardest so far for sure. I had the odd number of 41 inches. That gave me a center gap that measured 5" x 5.5" once the duck feet were sewn together. I made oversize flying geese, trimmed the length and left the width as is. Good or bad, it worked and I going with it.
I could just say I did this on purpose, right? (grin) My Round Robin quilt now measures 51" square. And we have 3 more prompts to go!
Thank you Emily for this fun prompt. I have really enjoyed viewing what you and others have created. We are just a few short weeks until we see our completed tops. Umm, do they have to be quilting, bound, and labeled by March??
I'll post my finish and then it is back to watching the Olympics. Like many others, I am trying to understand the curling event.
Happy Stitching!
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