Last week I showed you the two compassion quilts that were made from the 'ugly' blocks which actually turned out pretty. I decided to finish the blocks that were made from the 2" box. Most of them were already made, just needed to sew them together. These fabrics I like so much better than the 2.5" squares.
I had planned to just make simple patchwork quilts again, like I did with the first two quilts but then changed my mind. While I was looking at the stack of quilts that Koka Quilts just got back from her long arm quilter, one jumped out at me. It contained 6" finished 9-patch blocks with alternate star blocks. I have some unused star blocks that finish at 6" also.
I went with that idea and I love this quilt!
This quilt finishes at 58" by 70".
I used every single star, no leftovers to back into the orphan box.
I did have to rearrange several times to figure out the correct arrangement but it was fun.
For the second quilt, the blocks were sewn into a simple patchwork quilt.
If I did the math correctly, this flimsy contains 1640 1.5" finished squares.
These two quilts made a definite dent in the 2" square box.
Both flimsies have the same border fabric, it's leftover from another quilt.
These flimsies will be quilted sometime next spring then donated.
So, what's next? I pulled a bunch of orphan blocks to arrange on the display floor. Nothing is going to happen immediately, I need to let the ideas germinate awhile.
The center 9 blocks finish at 12" while the top and bottom blocks finish at 10". The little 9 patches finish at 4.5". There are 22 of them, 11 for each side. This quilt is definitely going to require math. 😔
Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
