One Block Wonder

 The other day I came across a quilt I pieced years ago, a One Block Wonder. I don't think I ever posted about this quilt. The date on the label says 2013, I don't know why it was missed.

My one block wonder was started during a guild workshop.

Ordinarily one block wonders don't have sashing on the sides but I decided to border the individual blocks to make them stand out more. I was afraid the flowers would look washed out with the cream background. 

I tried different arrangements and finally decided the best arrangement was to arrange them hexie fashion. 

I sorted the blocks into larger red designs, smaller red designs and blue designs.

Some of the blocks had teeny tiny flowers in them, I made sure I put those on the outside and tried to keep the more colorful blocks on the inside.

Here is a picture of the border quilting which shows  nicely on the backing. 

The border is 9.5" wide which includes the binding.

Of course I hand quilted this quilt.

For the individual blocks, I stitched 1/4" from the edge of the individual triangles. I did NOT quilt on the solid red frames. There is an inch of space between the hexies.

I started taking pictures while the quilt was on the bed. Then I took it outside for photos so you could see better.

Of course I took a picture from the back side.

Would you believe I forgot to measure the quilt while it was off the bed? It's large enough to cover a king sized bed.

And a picture of the original fabric, I still have about a half yard in the stash.

This was a fun quilt to make, maybe I'll make another one someday but not king sized!

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