About 10 years ago I was doing an inventory of my Kaffe fabrics and cut 6.5" squares and 2" and 2.5" strips from all of them. I have searched through the box of 2.5" strips with many projects and most of the strips left in there have raveled edges. I'm trying to use them up before they shed more threads. Last October I used a bunch of blue, turquoise, and a few greens. Saturday I noticed a lot of yellow strips and I love yellow and green together so I pulled as many as I could find and started sewing these blocks which will finish at 10". I need to cut 6 more yellow strips so I can use the rest of the greens and make this one row wider and longer. This quilt will use 50 full width strips.
I made this quilt in 2020 and it used the same idea with the Onion Rings fabric as the center strip. This one used 2" strips so the blocks were 7.5". I ended up using most of the Kaffe 2" strips with this one.
One bud has opened and the other is still small on the orange cactus. I saw one minute of sunshine yesterday before the clouds closed up again. We got a light covering of snow very early morning yesterday and flurries for a few more hours and by afternoon most of it melted.
12 comments:
I love that onion ring fabric and wish I had bought some when it was still available. It really makes those blocks sing- the quilts look great.
Kathy
Rain rain and more rain here--no sign of snow temp 38 this morning...
I like the two strip quilts--very pretty pairings of colors...
hugs, Julierose
I love that weaving look in the second quilt
I was about to comment how I like the black and white fabric when I read that you call it Onion Ring. That is the perfect name. It brings a fun vibe to your quilt. Kudos! ;^)
It always amazes me that the fabric makes the same pattern so different. Lovely comparison. Glad you got a beautiful bud. Nothing happening on mine.
Yellow and green brought some sunshine into my day today….. . . . And thumbs up on this one, it has such a happy appearance. I agree your ‘onion ring’ additions to both quilts make these quilts so unique.
JJM
LOVE those greens and yellows - and the design is such a good one!
You realize that your version of "mindless sewing" results in yet another gorgeous combination of color and print-texture!
I love both of those quilts. The green and yellow has always been a favorite color combination of mine. It was the color combination of our wedding 50+ years ago.
I have so many things in line now, but you surely do tempt me! And I really like the onion ring quilt!
The two inch strip one!
I love quilts made using strips, I think any fabric can be used to great advantage by doing this. You have delightful yellow and greens here, very tropical jungle-like!
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