Sunday, January 9, 2011

Rainbow Challenge-Blue


This is my first "blue" finish for January. I say "blue" in quotes because there is yellow scattered through the quilt so strictly speaking it is not only blue. I call this a brick friendly block. Each piece is the same size. For this quilt all pieces are 2 1/2" by 4 1/2". The block works for 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" bricks and for 3 1/2" by 6 1/2" bricks. I will be leading a workshop for this block at our Scrap Bag quilters meeting in January. Whoever is leading the workshop prepares kits for the project they are leading. I have made 10 kits and at a minimum of 280 pieces per kit that was a lot of stash busted.

9 comments:

  1. Your Scrap Bag quilters group sounds like fun ... and I am in awe of all the fabric cutting you did to make all those kits--I was whining about the 144 squares I cut for my blue star blocks.

    I love the quilt, too. It's a perfect example of how a quilt design doesn't have to be complex to look complex and some of the easiest quilts are quite beautiful! Good job.

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  2. Wow....that is a lot of stash to cut up! Hope you can show us a photo of the quilts they make from your scraps!

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  3. Wow that is beautiful --I'm just beginning to quilt and I am in awe of quilters like you!!

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  4. Great quilt top! I can't imagine making kits for everyone and hand cutting them! That's a lot of work.

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  5. What a fabulous blue scrap quilt. It reminds me of a yellow brick road quilt. I'd like to make one like this sometime.

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  6. Yikes...that's a lot of cutting. The quilt looks fabulous.

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  7. Your rainbow scrap quilt looks very nice. You have been very busy, I will be happy to finish a quilt by the end of the year with all colours in it, I could never do one quilt a month.
    KATRIN W.

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