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| 20 blocks sewn in one day (and many breaks) |
At the beginning of the year, I happened upon a plus block quilt-along on Instagram which seemed to have very few rules or deadlines, and looked like a simple block to complete. Check it out with #plusblockqal. Steph's website (which I just found) is
here. The basic instruction is simple!
I lurked for a while, looking at the progress and great color choices of the blocks being posted on instagram.
I have made other versions of plus blocks. This version was a new one, and was just what I needed as a break from the 'On Ringo Lake' pieces I am still working on.
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| Dave's homespun and flannel rag plus quilt. |
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| Amy's Wonky Cross Quilt |
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| Baby Plus Quilt |
Well, once I decided to do it, I had to do it right away!! So, Tuesday night (after school), I went through fabric, not giving myself too much time to ponder all the possibilities.
I was planning a scrappy neutral backing, since I have alot of neutrals from the 'On Ringo Lake' quilt, as well as others I hadn't used on that one.
What to use for the "pluses"? My first inclination was blue, and I have a large assortment of blue batik fat quarters that I have been anxious to use. But I also decided to do a baby size quilt, and I have had orange on my mind since I saw Kona's color of the year (Tiger Lily - I am waiting for my fabric to arrive!). I had a adequate stash of pieces of oranges to make the pluses for a baby quilt, so just decided to go with it. I only needed 20 blocks, and so I ended up doing all the cutting on Tuesday night!
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| Using my Clover clips to keep the parts organized! |
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| You can see how the music print pops from the other neutrals. |
My test block with the pieces still not all sewn!
On Wednesday, I had some time to sew, and just started sewing on and off all day. These really go together quickly! By dinner, I had the blocks all done. Of course, when I am speed sewing, there are going to be mistakes. I have yet to make a quilt that didn't involve ripping out at least one seam!
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| The print fabric is on the wrong side! |
Despite my careful counting, I ended up with 21 blocks, so one to play with. I am still playing with a few layouts, and checking the values and contrast. I was concerned that adding the music fabric was a mistake, but since some of the orange fabrics are quite light, I think it adds some additional visual interest.
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| I love using the mono filter on my phone to check the values! |
I have another orange project in the works, too! I liked this so much, I may do another one as a smaller wall hanging. Stay tuned, and thanks for visiting!
Take care,
Gretchen
Very pretty orange fabrics! I started making a plus quilt with grey and black and white prints for background. I started with a batik jelly roll for a change, but after weeding out all the ones I didn't want to use, there weren't many colors left. So now I must decide on a color scheme again. Go figure!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!!! The orange will make such a cheerful quilt.
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