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Friday, February 26, 2021

A Finish of Economy Blocks

Out of the Blue
Lady Sings the Blues
60 x 72
It's a finish!

I started making these Economy Blocks back in November 2020 in order to use up a lot of blue scraps as well as some blue 3 inch (finished) Nine Patches. 

I finished the top back in January 2021 and if you read that post you can see how I went about assembling it in a sort of "planned random" manner. 


This quilt actually used up more scraps than I thought it would but I do still have some blue scraps left to play with. 


I quilted it with blue thread on my DSM with diagonal, horizontal and vertical lines intersecting in the center of the little nine patches. 


 The binding is a digital print that looks like a blue knit sweater.  And I had just enough of this blue floral print for the back. 

And now it is ready for giving or gifting. 




27 comments:

  1. This is lovely! I like how you set the 3" 9-patches, making them nicely spaced.

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  2. This is so beautiful, and I love it.

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  3. That is sooo pretty. I like how the little white crosses sparkle in the blue. :)

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  4. Love all the blues with the pops of color here and there. A perfect gifting or donation quilt to a very lucky person.

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  6. Another great finish! Love the name too!

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  7. And how many more of those mini-9's do you have? LOL!

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  8. What a wonderful way to use up scraps, and the all-over blue theme is just perfect! You've inspired me to dig into my plethora of blue or green scraps!!!

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  9. Awesome use of blue scraps...on my a squirrel.

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  10. This is a fantastic looking quilt! Very striking and kinda moody too with all the rich blues.:)

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous! Are these 6 inch blocks? Pinning!

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  12. Luscious blues in this one--nice work hugs, julierose

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  13. Lovely use of scraps. Congratulations on the finish.

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  14. It's beautiful! Blue is my favorite color and I love 9-patches. What does one have to do to be worthy of this quilt? (hint, hint...)

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  15. This one is going on my bucket list!! I love it - and all those blues! They are just gorgeous!!!

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  16. What a lot of hours went into this one. The economy blocks take long enough, but add in the nine patch centers, oh boy. I know I don't have enough scraps in any single color to pull off something like this. I'm making nine patches with floral fabrics right now. It's really been fun.
    Pat

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  17. Lovely blue finish Cathy. Look at all those pretty scraps!

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  18. That a wonderful blue quilt, all scrappy yet peaceful. Love it. Congrats! ;^)

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  19. Such a pretty quilt, so much to look at. I cannot begin to fathom how much time was spent in the making of the quilt. Whoever receives it will feel very special.

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  20. Love all the scrappy economy blocks. Fabulous finish!

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  21. A beautiful finish! With a bit of blue-green, it makes me think of a beautiful body of water.

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  22. So many blues! I can't get over the depth of variety in your scraps!
    Simply gorgeous quilt!

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  23. Lovely, lovely quilt, the best name possible for it and the size not too large!

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  24. Wow! I love it! And your names are always so fun!

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