Center Medallion

Hello quilters. This is a picture of nine of my basket blocks that I have been receiving the first Saturday of each month for the last year. There are three more basket blocks, but they are not on point and are a different style than these nine.

I went to my BOM meeting today. This is the last month for the basket quilt. We received a finishing kit today (not free). We should have received a book on ribbon borders (not free either), but it did not come in yet.

This center medallion is to be set on point, but I don't know how to make it on point for posting. Just tilt your head to the right side and squint a little and maybe you can envision it on point! *VBS* With the additional background fabric we received today, I hope I will have enough fabric to make my setting triangles from that fabric. The setting of the original design has four (not on point) basket blocks that have a more contemporary style that I have decided not to use. These blocks are positioned in each of the four corners.

I have a formula to make the size for the setting triangles that are really corner triangles (big corner triangles). With the fabric I have, I really, really, sincerely hope that I will have enough fabric to make these big triangles out of one piece of fabric. I don't want to piece them together if I can help it. When we started this BOM I asked if I could purchase some extra background fabric. I was told it was all gone and the store could not purchase any more. I imagine they were holding what fabric they had for the finishing kits. I should have asked today if there was any extra fabric. I am sure someone else bought it today if there was any left. I have been looking for it at every quilt store that I go to, but so far no luck at finding anymore of it.

There is also a ribbon border which uses the background fabric as well. If I use all the background fabric that I have for the big corner triangles, then I might not have enough for the ribbon border. I know I can use some other fabric, but I want all the background to be the same on this quilt. I could change the border and not sew the ribbon border. I thought about a piano key border, or just use a different fabric for the border.

I also am not happy about the one block that has a dark background in these nine blocks. The quilt that we saw when we started this BOM did not have any dark backgrounds in the blocks. All the blocks had the same light background. I placed this dark block in the center since there is only one dark one. The layout given to us today did not have any dark backgrounds, so I wonder why we have one? I should have sewn that block with a light background, but I did not know if there was enough of the background fabric that we were given that month to make that change. Once I get the dark border strip all around the center medallion, then maybe it will tie it all together. There is another dark strip around the ribbon border, and the ribbon border itself is dark also.

A few months ago I decided that I would not do another one of these BOMs with the $5.00 block. But......next year's theme is a Bear Paw design. I have wanted to do a bear paw quilt for ages, so, I signed up for next year's Saturday Sampler BOM! Can you believe it? I am such a glutton for punishment!

OMG! I just received a call from our son. He said his wife's water broke and they are at the hospital now. I guess that means that the grandbaby is on the way! Whooppee!