Carla’s Squares
Carla is a great friend and a member of my local quilt guild. She also persuaded me to join a charity quilt group. Back in January, Carla must have thought I needed a challenge and gifted me a bag of miscellaneous squares. They were mostly green and purple fabrics but not all the exact same size. Now….what to do with them.
Here is the first quilt top I made adding some white background and an orange accent fabric. It is a version of a disappearing nine patch block but I decided to sew them differently since some of the fabrics where directional. An extra challenge.
(45×58)
The second quilt is a simple rail fence block.
(41×46)
Here is a closeup of the rail fence quilt top to show off the fabrics.
The peonies and iris’s are done blooming already but my oakleaf hydrangea is showing off.
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6 Comments
The Joyful Quilter
Nice job on making use of Carla’s squares. Both quilt tops turned out SEW lovely!!
Kat P.
Very nice. Both of them are so pretty!
Rebecca Grace
Both of these quilt tops look great, but I’m especially smitten with the first one. The way you oriented those directional, slightly striped fabrics, gives me the impression of vertical movement throughout the quilt. Kind of like when you see a computer programmer on TV in front of a screen of scrolling computer code. I don’t know why, but that’s what I see. You’re making great use of those gifted squares!
2 Dogs Studio
Rebecca, thanks for stopping by. I wouldn’t have thought of scrolling code but I see what you mean. Micki
Yvonne
I’m hard pressed to choose which quilt I like the best. You certainly made the bundle of squares you were given into two lovely quilts!
Patricia
Beautiful quilts! That red works well and gives the eye a place to rest. Isn’t it wonderful how the rail fence quilts can look like they’re so hard to make? Your’s is quite lovely!