Friday, February 21, 2020

Four by Four

 It's a flimsy!
62 x 83
Sets of four sashed until they could be sashed no more. 

It all started with some 4.5 inch squares I received last year in some boxes of scrappy goodness from Nice Nancy.  I decided I would work toward a twin sized donation quilt.  I started out by sashing sets of four squares with a solid brown or blue.  I ended up with 24 nine inch (finished) blocks.  Hmmm....what next? I have a box of shirt parts so cut enough 4.5 inch squares to make 24 more blocks.   So, forty-eight blocks would not quite be enough for a nice twin sized quilt so hmmmm...what next? 

 I added some sugar and spice and sashed sets of four blocks with a 2 inch floral.  A lot of my grandma's quilts were made of old shirts and dresses so I guess the idea was grandma inspired. I made little four patches for the corner stones out of the leftovers from the first sashing. Blocks then measured 20 inches (finished) and I had twelve of them. With a layout of 3 x 4 that would be a quilt 60 x 80- a nice size but still a bit smaller than I wanted. 



 Then, those sets of four blocks were sashed with a 1.5 inch brown or blue solid.  Blocks were getting bigger and I had two full blocks that were 41 inches square and two half blocks 41 x 20. 
 And finally I sashed those sets of four blocks with a 1 inch floral sashing and magically the top was all together. 

  And finally I sashed those sets of four blocks with a 1 inch floral sashing and magically I had a top. Good thing because I really don't like sashing a quilt but this was kind of fun. Each of the original squares has some type of sashing around it and I enjoyed the process.  




12 comments:

Elizabeth V Kelbaugh said...

Love the scrappy top and the idea of sashing sets of four. Great job!

Quiltdivajulie said...

However you did it, this is one wonderful quilt top -- lots of variety in fabrics and sashing with just enough internal rhythm to make it all feel like you planned it this way from the very beginning!

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

Fun Fun Fun quilt!

Quilting Babcia said...

I never cease to marvel at your creativity, but I couldn't keep track of all the sashings, lol! Great quilt top, no matter how many sashings it has!

gayle said...

Sashtastic!
(SpellCheck is trying to tell me that's not a word. I disagree.)

Louise said...

Sashalicious! I'm using Gayle's spellchecker and disagreeing with it, too :)

Laura said...

Love your creativity! You are very inspiring! :)

Cathy said...

I’m using Gayle’s spell checker too. Your quilt is creatively crazy and sashmazing.

Jenny said...

Isn't it wonderful what can be done when you start out with a bunch of squares!

Pamela Arbour said...

I really like how you made that happen.

audrey said...

Oh I do like this. Such a sweet looking quilt! All those stripes and plaids just do it for me.:)

Nann said...

The floral sash adds such a splash! And I like the differing widths. Makes the viewer look twice (a good thing).