It's a top!
Sixteen Patch and Stars
40 x 56
This month I've been working on emptying boxes. I have a lot of them full of this and that cluttering up my little sewing space. I had a small box of Sixteen Patches and Four Patches made of random 2.5 inch squares. Most came from other folks and have accumulated over time. I decided to see how many Sixteen Patches I could make with the Four Patches. Then I decided to make them into three different comfort quilts for kids. I sketched out my three different quilt ideas and was short 2 Sixteen Patches so made a couple from my 2.5 inch squares.
This little quilt alternates the Sixteen Patches with Sawtooth Stars. I have a bin of 4 inch finished orphan blocks (again, most given to me by others over time) and found enough scrappy little Windmill (Four Patch Rail?) blocks to use for the Star centers. Someone gave me a bolt of orange fabric so that made a nice background for the Stars.
I dug into my box of 2.5 inch width scraps for the Star points. I cut the orange Flying Geese bodies from orange using an Easy Angle Companion ruler and cut the Flying Geese wings from 2.5 inch width scraps long enough to cut 8 triangles with the Easy Angle ruler.
So, this is top #1 of 3. I hope to complete the two other tops this week but no guarantees...I'm still in gardening mode and have a lot to do outside. I love flowers as much as I love scraps!
Stay tuned!
And sew on...
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I finished a book! - Blood Hollow by William Kent Kruger. It is book 4 of 22 of the Cork O'Connor Mystery series. After reading a WWII non fiction and a WWII historical fiction book (mentioned in previous blog posts) I needed a little lighter reading.
Glorious!!! Love the star centers. And the orange background makes it so happy!
ReplyDeleteThis one is just SO MUCH FUN to look at! Happy gardening.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt! Very cheerful and a great way to use up leftovers.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Orange really is a neutral, I say! Great background choice :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever way to use those spinner/windmill blocks! The Cork O'Connor series is terrific. I've listened to them all.
ReplyDeleteThese two colourful blocks look stunning together and looks just like a stained glass window with the light behind the top..
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt, Cathy. It is so bright and cheerful! It really does have a stained glass look to it! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
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