Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Another UFO - Square in a Square!

 Here is a beautiful UFO that was also donated by Cindy at Live A Colorful Life.  We appreciate her generosity and kindness.  She had made 12 blocks, and I knew that this quilt needed to be much bigger then that.  I was super fortunate that she had donated all the scraps along with these beautiful blocks.
 So I set out to make enough blocks to total 30.
I knew that we'd still want it bigger still, so I bought some solid green from Hancock for 3 in. sashing.
 All the sashing and the corner stones are cut and ready to be sewn!
 It's coming along.
 Here she is waiting for me to cut out the outside border.  I didn't have enough of one fabric, so the border is a 6 in. width of all the leftover fabrics.
She ended up 89x104!  A great size for a queen bed.  The binding will be the pale stripe fabric.  You can see it better in the picture above.

Linking to: WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.  Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts!

16 comments:

Jacqui S. said...

What a lovely peaceful green. It brings the whole quilt top in line.

Susan said...

The green sashing you chose is just perfect- so soft and refreshing! And what a great job you are doing at putting this together!

Cynthia's Creating Ark said...

That will turn out to be a beautiful quilt with it is finished. Lucky the extras came with it.

Lorna McMahon said...

You and Cindy make a wonderful team! Love the fabric you chose for the sashing and that scrappy border. What a gorgeous finish!

Val's Quilting Studio said...

Now THAT'S what I call making lemonade!

Rachel said...

What a challenge to take someone's UFO and re-imagine it. You did great!

allthingzsewn said...

The scrap boarder finished a perfectly beautiful quilt.

Kat said...

Gorgeous! I loved that line of fabrics!

Vera said...

Looking good! You are so good at saving these projects! Well done!

Amy at love made my home said...

What a great donation and what great use you have made of it!! xx

Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation said...

This is amazing Vicki! I love the differences in square sizes. It makes it so fresh and modern!

:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

Connie said...

I am so excited to have found your amazing blog. I am new to quilting, started about this time last year. I love your projects and want to tag along and learn all that I can. Your newest follower #130. Please come visit my blog and I truly hope that you will follow me back . . . I would be honored.
Connie :)

Carla said...

It's so pretty! What a nice colour combo ; )

JanineMarie said...

What a beautiful, calming quilt! I liked the blocks when I saw them in the first photo, but your choice for sashing and border really pulled it all together. Someone will be very pleased to receive such a lovely gift.

CeLynn said...

This quilt has such wonderful subdued shades in it! I personally love all the green! You sure whipped this one out fast!

Live a Colorful Life said...

Beautiful!

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