Sunday, May 15, 2022

Another Panel Is Now A Top

It's a top!
I think it ended up at 42 x 54

Someone sent me the center that was about 25 inches square and pinked all around. It felt like a little heavier fabric. 

I mentioned previously that I have a difficult time figuring out what to do for borders on a medallion or panel quilt. I have this thought in my head that the borders should somehow relate back to the center. That's not necessary, I know, but it helps me think of what to do for borders and move things along.

For this one I tried to stay with the red, yellow, blue color scheme. And I tried to keep dots or circles in mind. 

First I added a red polka dot border to take it up to 30 inches to better accommodate a six inch block border for the next round. For small quilts I like to keep them 40-42 inches wide and figured a six inch block border around would make the quilt 42 wide. 

Then I had to figure out what to add in that six inch border around. I thought about it one night before I went to sleep and woke up the next morning with Snowballs in my head. Hmmmm, yes, they look kind of like circles or dots. Well, kinda...

I had a lot of bits and pieces of different yellow solids to use for the corners. Yellow because yellow is the background of the center panel. I dug through my 6.5 inch squares for possible Snowballs but only ended up with a few lady bugs in red and yellow. Next I looked through wide pieces I had trimmed from backings and found that multicolor chevron print. Then I looked through the red, yellow and blue scrap bags and finally I looked through the rainbow type prints left over after making comfort quilts for my deceased granddaughters' friends. After all that I still needed a few more Snowballs and found that rubber ducky novelty print fat quarter in with my blue fabrics. Of course, rhino in the bath needs some rubber duckies and the ducky with rhino in bath in the center appears not to be a rubber ducky. 

And sew it goes...


 

17 comments:

Anne said...

How fun and colorfull, I like it

Ivani said...

Great Idea the snowball blocks, nas you found the perfect fabrics for The. So colorfull and happy!!!

Juliana said...

This is one of the cutest quilts I've ever seen posted on anyone's blog! What a great color explosion! Very clever to use the snowball block as the border.

Linda said...

Your snowball idea for the next round of the medallion style panel flimsy has worked out beautifully. What a jolly baby/toddler quilt this will be.

sue s said...

The snowballs are perfect for this! What a fun quilt this is.

Elle said...

This is super cute Cathie!

MissPat said...

Another winner. How bright and cheery. Perfect for a little tyke and would work for either gender.
Pat

Anonymous said...

That was the best idea for the border for that panel. And the fabric was terrific. Thanks for sharing.

Lianne makes stuff said...

That is so cute

TerryKnott.blogspot.com said...

Those snowball blocks are a great compliment to that joyful panel! Some kid somewhere is going to love this quilt!

Catskill Quilter said...

What a stunning quilt! I love the borders and it is
so cohesive! CONGRATS!

Michelle said...

Totally adorable!

Quiltdivajulie said...

Super fun and you did great on the design aspect.

QuiltGranma said...

You gave me an idea = inspiration of a possible border on a panel quilt that has been in time out for some time! I'll have to see if that will work for me as well, thanks.

Ann said...

So, so cute! What a clever way to use a panel that doesn't look square. Yellow makes a wonderful background. So happy.

dianne said...

i gotta say, this is a mood lifter - i was feeling kinda grumpy this morning, but that hippo and all those bubbles are so, so stinkin' cute that i just can't be pissy now...

gayle said...

Those snowball borders are perfect! What a joyous quilt!