Passacaglia Update

This is the current state of my Passacaglia.  I've never been one for following patterns, and those familiar with the Passacaglia will see that I've gone off piste and beyond the edges of the large Rosette.  I want to see if I can expand the pattern indefinitely.  Round and round.  A break between each round will be good for my sanity.

It's all Liberty and shot cottons.  I'm pausing for a while now while I decide on the next fabric.

Linking up with Jessica over at Life Under Quilts

Late to the Feast

Three things made me start this project:

• a kind Instagram friend sent me a pack of templates for the Passacaglia quilt
• I'd just finished another EPP project
• Clare who blogs and Instagrams as @selfsewn started one, so it would have been rude not to, right?

Is an interesting pattern because its based on pentagons which don't tesselate easily.   The pattern for the whole quilt, from Willyne Hammerstein's book Millefiore Quilts is a huge undertaking and would require a massive investment of time and fabric.  Although the original in the book is not fussy-cut, the pattern is ideal for fussy-cutting and that means lots of waste.  

I'm not contemplating the whole quilt.  At the moment I'm going slowly, enjoying the process, stitching in the garden with its not too windy. Clare @selfsewn and I are using the hashtag #alittlepassacaglia

 Here's a rather dark image of the finished Oakshott mini quilt from the previous post.  It seems that once I've finished as EPP project I have to start another.

Linking with Jessica at Life Under Quilts.