My quilt shop coworker, Kay, is working on an orange and white 9-patch quilt. She was buying a few fat quarters at the shop on Wednesday, and said how she'd found a lot of forgotten oranges in her stash. I offered to bring her my bin of oranges, left over from my favorite ZuZu's Petals quilt. I won't see Kay again until Sunday, but I put the orange tub in my car and have been driving it around and admiring the fabrics I can see through the plastic for the last few days.
I felt the need to make a fun quilt, and maybe use some of the oranges again before I gave them to Kay. I looked on the Oh, Fransson! blog, because she always has really cool color quilts. I found a link to this tutorial on Sew Mama Sew, and this fun block, Wonky Crosses. I realized I didn't have large enough pieces of orange in my stash to make these blocks, but seeing the photo made me think of the perfect use for those black, yellow, gray & white fabrics I have been collecting!
In just a few hours, I made 11 of these cute blocks! Well, I made 15 but some of them were a little TOO wonky! I don't know how big this will wind up being, but I'm going to make blocks until I run out of fun combinations.
I hope you were able to have some fun in YOUR sewing room this weekend!
WAY too cool!
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OMG, I love this!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love these blocks and the color/fabric combinations! This is going to be a really, really fun quilt.
ReplyDeleteBut you haven't fessed up the real question... are you re-thinking donating all those orange fabrics to Kay? Maybe you'll keep just a few... have you seen the funky orange nine-patch quilt that Elizabeth ~ Oh Fransson ~ made? She is one of my very favorite blogs/designers, I've had her book on order from Amazon for months!
Wonky blocks are so much fun, Lisa! I know you'll think of something awesome for them!
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Thanks for the orange fabrics, Lisa. I have been digging through them and there are no repeats of my stash!! Amazing..don't you think? Who knew there were so many different orange fabrics out there. They will all look great in my quilt. Oh, and I really like the new blocks and those fabrics really work, I can't wait to see more :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so generous with your leftovers! Lucky is the person who benefits! Those new yellow/black/grey/white fabrics sure did turn into some seriously adorable blocks. Great inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThanks also for the great links. Now I have some new blogs to check on regularly!
ReplyDeleteLove your wonky crosses. Fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect pattern for those lovely black, yellow, grey, and white fabrics you've been collecting.....can hardly wait to see what it looks like finished. I'm happy you're having fun with it!
ReplyDeleteDang these are so totally cool and I'm also thinking "where have I been?" Sheesh!!! So cool friend. I dig the grey in the fabric. This makes me very excited.
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