Thursday, August 3, 2023

It's A Top!

Sashed Sixteen Patch
57 x 67.5

It's a top!

This is another top that used up a lot of those gallon bags of 2 inch squares I've been talking about lately. First I made Sixteen Patch blocks.

Then I added lime green sashing that consistes of a strip of four squares between 2 lime green strips. And the corner stones are nine patches that include lime green squares. 

For the outside borders I did not have enough lime green fabric left for the little Nine Patches so I made scrappy Nine Patches of 2 inch squares. 

It kind of looks like it might glow in the dark! 

And now there's another top ready for quilting! 

And sew on...

 

15 comments:

Linda said...

Wow, the lime green makes the 16patches really pop. There’s a lot of work in this top, well done for putting it all together!

Gretchen Weaver said...

I like this quilt! The green brightens the darker squares. Happy stitching!

Deanna said...

Great result! I never seem to get tired to working with small squares.

Chantal said...

It does look like it would glow in the dark. I love the scrappy 9-Patch on the last border. The fact that they don't have lime green, makes them look "stronger" like posts for the fence all around this quilt. You know what I mean? Anywho! It looks great. Enjoy! ;^)

Astrid Reflux said...

I know exactly what Chantal means and I agree, I love the adaptation for the outer 9 patches, and I LOVE that bright green!

Nann said...

The cool 16-patches -- mostly blues, periwinkle, a little purple livened up with pops of red -- are set off so well by the vibrant lime. And the row of squares in the sashing is a great idea.

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

The lime green is just great with all your scrappy squares! I love that design, too. This is such a pretty quilt top!

Anonymous said...

That green for the sashings was a great choice. It really makes this quilt 'pop'. Thanks for sharing.

Jenny said...

My goodness, you are hard to keep up with! The lime green really makes this pop. I was gifted some lime green fabric a while ago and used in on a kiddies quilt, it looked great there too.

Meredith said...

Zowie! Love the energy of this. I don’t think I would consider lime green, but it is perfect!

Beth H said...

I hope you feel successful! You used about a zillion and a half 2 inch squares! Congratulations!
As others have said, the lime green choice was genius and the nine-patches in the border are perfect. No apologies needed.

mangozz said...

It's amazing what you do without a design wall! (I don't have one either.)

gayle said...

I never would have thought of lime green for the sashing but WOWZERS does it ever work! Well done!

Anonymous said...

Love it!

MissPat said...

I love lime green and I love the way you did the sashings. The whole quilt is brighter with that green.
Pat