Monkey Wrenches

Monkey Wrenches

40 x 60

10 inch blocks

I have a box of bits and pieces of various sized HST parts that I've been sewing up every once in awhile as leaders and enders. A lot of the HSTs came from cutting strips for Flying Geese or QSTs with the Companion Angle ruler. I cut an HST off of the beginning and ends of those strips with the Easy Angle ruler. 

I ran across a lot of 4.5 inch (unfinished) green HSTs and figured I might as well do something with them instead of throw them into baggies I have for the different sizes of finished HSTs.   I sorted out identical sets of four and paired them up with some neutrals and made my HSTs.  At first I was going to make Pinwheels or Broken Dishes blocks. Those blocks would finish at 8 inches and I would need at least 35 blocks for a kiddo sized donation quilt and I didn't have enough sets of HSTs for 35 blocks.   Then I thought of making 10 inch Monkey Wrench blocks. I need only 24 ten inch blocks for a kiddo donation quilt.   I sorted through my scrap bags sorted by color for some 2.5 inch scraps to finish out my Monkey Wrench blocks.   I used a colorful peace sign fabric for all of the centers. 

And that is how this quilt top came to be. 

And sew on...

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