For several years I have been wanting to use stripe fabrics in a quilt so the scrappy challenge for July at Persimon Dreams quilts got me motivated to dig out the stripes. I had saved an idea for stripes that I saw on a blog probably 16 years ago. I had only printed 2 pages in order to not use up much printer ink. Unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the blog, and neither page has any names on them. Otherwise, I would be happy to give that information. They used 6-inch squares. I started out making blocks using 4 squares in each block that are 3.5", each square so that I could use up some of the smaller pieces of fabric. Then I used 6" squares for the rest of the blocks. I put the smaller blocks in two rows and put a striped strip between those and the six-inch blocks because the seams weren't lining up. The strips made for a more pleasing transition between the block sizes. Here is the final outcome.
First some linear quilting. And then some cross hatch lines.
That is very impressive. I didn't even notice the smaller blocks until you said something. You really did a good job on that one.
ReplyDeleteThank you. You know we scrappy addicts need to use those smaller pieces when we can!
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