Basket Weave
42 x 60
It's a top!
(What's in the box of 3 inch width scraps)
This is comfort quilt #6 !
And I still have some scraps in that box!
There were several 3 x 6.5 rectangles in the box. A few of them were red and a few were yellow. So that led me to pull the warm colored scraps in the box and cut more rectangles to go with the red and yellow. I had to piece a few rectangles in order to have enough of them.
Then...remember when I bought that bolt of rust colored tonal weave fabric for $1.85 yd at Marshall Dry Goods and I said I had some plans for it? Well, this was one of the plans! I normally don't have big enough pieces of yardage to use for backgrounds but now I do! The sides were cut at 2-1/4 inches to make 6.5 unfinished squares. And then I wove those squares together.
And sew on...
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CELEBRATE (my word of the year)
Sept. 16 - Zinnias! They are butterfly and hummingbird magnets. I have a long border of them and sometimes I take a break and sit on my gardening stool near the zinnias. Oh, the colors and, oh, the little creatures that visit those zinnias. Can't feel bad or sad sitting near zinnias!
8 comments:
Zinnias are one of my favorite flowers to grow, so many beautiful colors. I love your basket weave quilt top!
I really like this quilt--the background is such a perfect color. Zinnias are also one of my favorite flowers, but I've never tried to grow them. Maybe this Spring I will sow zinneas. I am in a new house in a new city, and I can have a new flower goal! Thank you for all your photos of your flowers. They were quite inspiring.
That's a fun quilt, Cathy! I love the rusty red and the yellows together. Your zinnias are beautiful!
It's been so hot here that even my zinnias took a hit. There are still a few but not as many as June/July. Your red and yellow combination is as colorful as our zinnias. Good job.
Your basket weave has me now thinking what I can do with my left over strips, so pleased you had it on your post today. The zinnias are a delight, they've brightened my day as it's been cold, wet and windy here in Auckland. I have four packets ready to sew around October, November time.
Oh, the beauty of these zinnias! I should try to sneak some into our border. We are warm enough all year, they would probably grow now.
Love the Basketweave layout. It's so flexible; I should make some. The red, yellow, rust is energizing.
MDG: I look at their website, especially their MDG brand prices, fairly frequently these days. It makes me want a trip to AR so I could feel, see, and oogle the whole store for myself. I was told that one 108" bolt would cost about $40-45 in shipping to CA. The fact that you bought those bolts at great prices encourages me. I'm wondering if you'd give us your insight into ordering from them; bolt + shipping vs $80 cut yardage + free shipping, how you like their MDG lines (white/naturals, Jewels, flat folds) ...
Laura Haynes
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At first I was thinking your blocks were just giant light switches. Then I realized they were just "bordered" on the sides! Another wonderful idea to borrow from you! I need to keep this post until I can enter it into my block ideas book!
It's so surprising to see a lot of one particular fabric in one of your quilts! The rusty tonal sets off the rectangles nicely. I am spectacularly unsuccessful at growing zinnias. They are the "official" flower for Zion.
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