Who said a quilt has to be intricate or time-consuming to make!?
Not me! I love simple patchwork!
I had some blues leftover from a few projects recently
so I decided to cut them into 3 1/2" squares for a simple lap-size quilt.
I did a 17 x 21 block layout, so this quilt finished at 51" x 63".
I think it would be perfect for a little boy.
I think it would be perfect for a little boy.
Jen Ostler in Highland, UT. quilted it for me with this panto called Ripple. I've used that panto before and think it adds some nice movement to a very "square" quilt. I like that it's a play off the blues/water, too! Do you see the little star (below) that Jen quilted into it? Such a fun, signature move that she does on all of her quilts. Makes for a fun game of hide and seek.
The label is from Ever Emblem. I've been getting labels from them for years! I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels. If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there. I machine stitch my binding down around it because it's hard to hand stitch through it (but then I usually hand stitch the rest of my binding down to the back of my quilt).
I had a partial bolt of this cream and navy plaid fabric in my stash. It felt good to use some of it in the patchwork and for the back of the quilt. I don't think I've used a plaid for an alternate/background fabric before, but I thought it was kind of fun in this particular project. Since everything is going the same direction (as in, there aren't any triangles that would cause the plaid to be on-point in some places) it was definitely a good project for that! I had someone ask me if it was hard to get all of the lines straight and I honestly didn't even pay attention to that. I just cut it like I normally would. It's generally pretty straight but I think a little imperfection adds some charm! Would it bug you if the plaid wasn't perfectly straight?
I hope this inspires you to go simple and not worry about perfection!
Happy quilting friends!
I love the simplicity of the blues quilt. I typically work from a pattern but the way you describe it I think I could get it done without directions. Thanks !!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this quilt instruction. I have so many baby fabrics that i fussy cut them for baby quilts. Rather than throw away the big scraps fabrics i wanted to make used of them. This quilt pattern would do and i thank you very much! God bless!
ReplyDeleteOh my my! Simple yet so handsome - can I use handsome to describe a quilt - well, handsome it is. I've just yoinked out all my sort-of-same-hued blues to make a quilt using up all my blue triangle pieces. Having seen this beaut I will probably - for sure, most likely - start one similar. And as for plaid not being perfectly straight... doesn't bother me at all.
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