Nearly Insane Quilt - Block 16

Nearly Insane Quilt - Block 16

OK friends - this is the last block completed!
Actually it is not.  


Nearly Insane Quilt - Block 16

Here is a photo of the original Block 16 in Liz Lois 'Nearly Insane' book.  I looked at it for a long time.  I tried lots of fabric combinations but nothing was working for me.  In the end I decided I deserved to design my own block as a reward for completing the quilt, so the original was abandoned and I created the block which you can see above.  I didn't slouch - the original had 39 pieces, my design has 88 pieces. Yet again I am leaving an indisputable trail of evidence for when the Nearly Insane police arrive ...

I wanted to include some of the scraps which are lingering in my red and white scrap jars which I used for the zig zag border on the block.  To be fair these little pieces didn't make much of a dent into the scraps, so I am going to have to choose a lot of tiny red and white scrap quilts to do in the future.

So what next?
Once all the bits for the main quilt are done I will lay it all out and you will all get to see the full layout for the first time. Maybe in the next few days ...

NUMBER OF PIECES:  88
DIFFICULTY: 2/10
SMALLEST PIECE: Triangle, 3/4"  (18mm) x  1/2"  (14mm) x  1/2"  (14mm)
LARGEST PIECE: Rectangle, 4"  (102mm) x  1/2"  (14mm)
TECHNIQUE: English Paper Piecing (EPP)
FABRICS:
Cherry Sketch Basic Collection by Timeless Treasures #C8224
Christmas Past  (#14547) by Polly Minick and Lauri Simpson for Moda
Pinking Shears Cream Apple Red, Mama Said Sew, Sweetwater, Moda
Tried and True Raindrops Garnet(04273) by Nanacy Halvorsen, BenartexCream
Spraytime (Scarlet) by Makower #2800-R06
Red fabric scraps
Calico