Design Problem Solved

No, not the knitting one!  The Sunshine squares problem.  See, the solutions just come to me and I get to do something that was on my "todo" list.

Okay, let's back up.  I, several years too late, discovered April Cornell's Sunshine line and, as a lover of yellow and blue, was filled with disappointment that I was several years too late.  However, I found a source online for squares of this fabric line and, even though I tried very hard to talk myself out of buying them, bought 6 packages.  I then sewed them together in four patches.  If you know me, I love sewing squares and squares into four patches.  But then I didn't know what to do with them....

I had a day off from driving Miss M. to school and back because she had a field trip to the Chicago History Museum and her Mom was accompanying her.  And I made the decision to cut those four patches down to my favorite 2" squares-they were 2.5", and then inspiration hit.  About three years ago I was fooling around in EQ trying to do something with 16 patch blocks I had made as a "leader/ender" project and came up with this.

 I couldn't make it,  of course, since my blocks were sewn with no order.  But, I loved it.  So, following me here?  I could adapt this and quickly did.

I had considered using a yellow solid with the Sunshine squares and incorporated that into the design.

I was so pleased to be able to work on a design I have had in mind for three years, with fabrics and colors I love, that I immediately began work on the 16 patch blocks for my "Sunshine Quilt".  Others may scoff at the simplicity of it, but I love it....