Thanks to the crafty women in the Bee Beautiful Virtual Quilting Bee, I received 20 scrappy log cabin blocks to make up this quilt.
I sent everyone in the group a pile of my scraps (isn't it crazy how a single piece of fabric can bring back so many memories?) and a pink center square and each of the group members made me two scrappy log cabin blocks for my quilt.
The colors and patterns are wild and crazy, and while I could have added sashing between to tone things down, I decided to sew each block directly together for a true patchwork look. This quilt is a birthday present for a hippie and color loving person and I know that she'll love the craziness of it.
I added five blocks of my own to make it a square quilt. The final size is about 55" x 55" and each block was originally 12" before seaming.
I used a brown sheet for the back, pink thread for the stippling and a lime green print from the stash. I quilted this myself on my Janome.
Now I'm just catching a few more peeks at this before I have to wrap it up and give it away.
I love it! I love the scrappyness to it. What a great job these ladies did, and you of course. I think you made the right decision but not adding the sashing between the blocks, really makes it unique and really scrappy.
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE this!! You have some killer scraps!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful!! I love the bright binding!
ReplyDeleteWow- it's gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThat really came together beautifully! The lime green binding is perfect!
ReplyDeletelove this quilt! those pink little squares and the bright binding are a perfect match!
ReplyDeletethe scrappy look is amazing! you lucky-hippie friend will be crazy with it!
It is so gorgeous. I can't believe you can give it away. You did such a beautiful job quilting it. I have the same sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteEeek! My favorite kind of quilt... bright and busy! I love the fabrics and the backing and binding are perfect. What a lucky friend!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness rebekah, what an amazingly stunning quilt! i love it!!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt! The colors are just amazing!
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful! i think the scrappy and busyness is really fun.
ReplyDeleteIt is fabulous! I'm sure that it will be loved.
ReplyDeleteTruly gorgeous. What a lucky friend you have! I think I would keel over if someone handed me something as beautiful as that!
ReplyDeleteSigh, it's tough when quilts leave so quickly, eh? I always like a bit of time with them, then it's easier to part, and I LOVE seeing the quilts again at my friends'/relatives' places :)
ReplyDeleteI love it so much! How do you find the time to whip out these beautiful quilts?! Beautiful work as always.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous. I'm sure the recipient will be thrilled.
ReplyDeleteThey all came together so beautifully. I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteI love all those colors, beautiful!
ReplyDeletei like the pieced top, but i LOVE your choice of backing/quilting thread/binding colors! nice work!
ReplyDeleteIt's really, really pretty, Rebekah! Your quilting is always stunning.
ReplyDeleteSo colour full and vibrant. I love it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love it!
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