Friday, February 13, 2015

UFO Turned Into a Cool Quilt

It is not Valentine Red!  A quilt unveiled on Valentines Day should be red!

Here is another quilt for the 6 boys.  They range in ages from 12 to 6.  Did I tell you they moved the wedding from July 3 to April 4? No sweat!

This one is an interesting piece.  I was in a group that pulled scraps together and made fabric.  We each named a block or style and the group made blocks.  When it was my turn I asked for a warm square and a cool square.

For a while I had a top with all the blocks put together.  Then one day I decided to slash them up and add some black strips.  And I slashed that up and rearranged some of the colors.  It sat in my UFO pile for a few years.

Before I decided to do quilts for all the boys, I was thinking of taking the top and slashing once again.  I was thinking in terms of a stained glass window with little odd shaped squares and black lead strips.

Now it has turned into this. Another piece of my mother's stash completes the top.  I will have enough for the back as well, or close to it.

It is 54 x 54, another square quilt and we all know how much I hate those square quilts.

And I have enough of the colors for one, and maybe two, more quilts!






3 comments:

  1. I love how the military green calms and unifies the piece. And how you've created blocks from scraps: I'm working on creating from my scrap bags, rather than solely relying on my stash!

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  2. I've done this, too. My idea was to use up all the orphan blocks that I've made. I'm not completely there, but boy I made a huge dent. Of course, I'm also creating orphan blocks! How does that happen? Your colors are perfect for a boy. It has a camo feel to it without being all-out camo! I think it's the combination of the touches of black and the green. One of your boys is going to really like it!

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  3. So you lost 3 months! I am losing track - how many more do you need to get done by April 4th?

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