Another scrappy quilt is finished. Quilts sew up fast when most of the blocks are pieced. I had planned to make a quilt called Kitty Corner. The pattern came from the January/February 2000 issue of Fons & Porters Love of Quilting magazine, page 34. I decided not to make Kitty Corner, you have to press seams just right to make them line up correctly. I just didn't want to think that hard.
I came up with my own idea instead and named it Repurposed 4 Patches since most of the 4 patches were already pieced.
A lot of the fabrics used were from my mother's stash including the cream sashing and the brown outside border.
The flimsy measures 91" x 102". I don't make quilts long enough for a pillow tuck anymore. I don't tuck the quilt under the pillows and my daughter and DIL's don't either. Just an unnecessary step while making the bed.
This quilt is also going to be gifted to my friend. She has three children still at home and now she has three flimsies to quilt for them.
It's so nice to be able to gift these quilt tops away, I don't have to quilt them!
Here is information about the the pattern. The 4 patches were made from 2-1/2" squares. The black sashing was cut 1-1/2". After the black sashing was added, the larger blocks were squared to 11". The cream sashing was cut at 2-1/2" and the outside border was cut at 7-1/2". Feel free to use this pattern if you wish. I'm not plagiarizing anyone that I know of.
I'm down to two projects on my list. I've pulled the bag with the strips sewn for Scrappy Bargello, a Bonnie Hunter pattern. Of course the strips are older fabrics I'm trying to get used and out of the stash.
Linking to Needle & Thread Thursday, Finished Or Not Friday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, TGIFF!, Show Off Saturday, Oh Scrap, Love Laugh Quilt
