Sandra from my local quilt group donated to me for charity a whole pile of unwanted blocks.
She had made a pile of sting blocks, cut them and resend them into mixed blocks.
They looked very messy and she lost faith.
(Sorry, should have got a photo)
So I sat there one night and unpicked all the blocks. It left me with a great pile of string triangles. There was also a strip of matching fabric.
I packed them all into my retreat bag and got them out where I had room to play.
I put my thinking cap on and came up with the idea to pair them as half square triangles.
I used up all the fabric but not the blocks.
They ended up 10" blocks so now measures 40" * 60".
A great charity size.
I'm happy with this design. I also have all the odd bits left which will go towards another quilt one day.
This is the backing that I had donated as well
It matches perfectly.
The quilt is all basted ready for the quilting.
This is the backing that I had donated as well
It matches perfectly.
The quilt is all basted ready for the quilting.
6 comments:
Great saving of the blocks Jo. You have made a wonderful quilt.
Great job Jo - you turned those messy and unwanted blocks into a wonderful quilt.
You did a great job on using up those blocks. Well done Jo...xox
A really clever use of those string pieces. I love the setting.
Great use of Sandra's blocks and will be a nice quilt for someone..
Clever way to repurpose those blocks. Wish you had taken a "before" photo so we could see what the original blocks looked like. It's a great quilt, very striking.
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