This is how it started ..
I saw a quilt I liked that was made like this --
So - I cut up a pile of pieces and made my own -- I did not have a pattern - but, I think everything is OK. 
I really like the way it turned out -- I dont know that I have ever used white b-4 as a background. Well, I have made a few Red and white quilts -- I guess i have .. but, I like this one.
We will see how I finish it.
Most of these fabrics are commercial quilting fabrics that were given to me as scraps from my Aunt who is a quilter.
I used a cool process that I saw on a jenny doan youtube video -
I used 10 inch squares - sewn together at 1/4 inch all around the outside -- (right sides together) then cut them all into an *X* -- magic = 4 half square finished triangles.
The cutting took longer than anything else.
I've always called this block arrangement "barnraising." The fabrics you've used are so cheerful!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you said that -- I thought it was bar raising -- and just did not take the time to look it up -- I was not sure if it was called barn raising if it was only a log cabbin block or if it was any block made in this pattern .. I am pretty happy with the quilting -- so far, Ive stitched in the ditch and then did a sort of 1/4 inch in stitch around the blocks -- sorta a old style quilting -- but, I decided to not use a batting and used a sort of silky polyester back -- so the quilt is super light but warm in not to heavy. Im liking it.
DeleteLove this idea! Thanks for the trick.
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