Test Flight

With the Diamond quilt project nearly complete, I turned back to the boxes full of set-aside stuff on my shelf for inspiration to turn something old into something new.

This combination of flying gees units and half-square triangles were next up in the box from which several place mats have recently emerged.

There were enough parts to make nine blocks, as long as I added a little something from my stash for the block centers.

Also in the box, I found a mix of half-square triangles, half-square triangle units (triangles that have been sewn and pressed), and some 3-1/2" squares in varying shades of purple and blue.

I've got some ideas for these but for now, I think I'll set them aside, while inspiration percolates, and turn back to the semi-completed blocks.

Instead of making sawtooth star blocks, I turned the flying geese units so the center points pointed outward and added a center print to each block from my stash. The block parts in the box were pastel blue, green, and lavender. I was pleased to find such a good match for the block centers. . .

With the nine blocks complete, I debated over what might be next. The blocks finish to 8" square, so setting them next to each other would have made a fairly small quilt. Add some sashing, maybe?

Then it occurred to me to test a theory about The Big Day Quilt pattern which was created to support a collection of blocks from The FLOCK and The AfterFLOCK. I have always felt that this pattern could easily support a collection of orphan blocks.

My blocks, although they are all the same size, seemed to fit the bill. Would this pattern be the solution to create a cohesive quilt from these old blocks?

Then I thought, let's test it and see!