Well, shoot! I couldn't resist this strip pattern so here is another.
When digging out blues,
I found lots of colors
that would look good in a quilt.
Here is another variation of the indigo blue pattern.
Some colour strips were made
during the creation of the blue strips.
They looked very colorful and I tucked them in
with a strip with a white square.
It was very successful!
I kept stitching,
laying the new creation on top of the old.
The white squares in the center of each column
are more randomly placed.
The pieced sashing would make it
too wide so I stuck with just simple strips.
The film strip border was very fun to make,
I even got to use a Christmas basket to stash the square pairs.
A majority of the border squares were pieced individually
to use up smaller scraps. I certainly have plenty of those!
It filled up very fast.
The process of adding the columns was so much fun,
that I sewed up an extra column.
This made the intended twin size quilt,
very close to a queen size quilt!
Alas, I wasn't aiming for queen size,
the final column was removed,
and set aside for another installment
of these variations. A little creative cutting.
will make these blocks suitable for the next episode.
My favourite film strip border,
was continued all around the quilt.
There is one more variation of this I would like to try.
It has no white squares in the columns,
but includes the pieced sashing between the columns.
It may also have a pieced outer border.
We'll see how the next variation turns out!
Stay safe and stay warm!
It is very cold here today!
Note the wind chill temperature!
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Those white squares really make the strip design pop. Great idea!!
ReplyDeleteThank you , and fun to do too!
DeleteSuch a colorful quilt! I think the piecing makes it extraordinary. It really gives it a nice visual impact.
ReplyDeleteYes it really does add interest! Happy stitching!
DeleteThank you! White always makes color pop!
ReplyDeleteVery nice use of scraps. I really like this design and plan to borrow it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I hope your furnace is in good working order. Stay warm.
Oh it is working very well. We are nice and cozy , thank you! Would love to see your version!
DeleteI love the fifth row. Seems to be more balanced. -25 here.
ReplyDeleteIt does, doesn't it! But then I couldn't get it off to the northwest babies so it will have to be a twin. Not everyone has big beds. It was fun tho!
DeleteThat is a really cool quilt and wow the scraps used up, way to go!!
ReplyDeleteYay! I still have more and wow is it fun to use them up!
DeleteGosh that's cold! Time to stay in and sew. Love this variation of the film strip and can't wait to see that last one you want to try! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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You are very welcome! I love all the contacts and fellow quilter's in the blogverse!
Deletelooks like a good, and fun, way to get those scraps used.
ReplyDeleteFor Sure! I still have lots more!
DeletePhew! Those temperatures were centigrade. Still cold but nearly as cold as if it were Fahrenheit.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of sticking in white squares in the strip quilt. I am always looking for ways to bring cohesiveness to scrappy looks.
It works well to pull it all together. Black strips work well but the black doesn't make the colors pop like the white does.
DeleteI love the colorful one and especially with the film strip border. Very cute. I certainly don't envy you those temps though! BRRRR. It was in the 70s and low 80s here this week. I don't think I could move in weather that cold! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteIt is30 below this morning! A great day to stay in and sew!
DeleteSo very colorful and fun!!! Stay warm and keep on quilting!!!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!
DeleteOh I like those - very colorful!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, this one turned out really well. It's so fun to use scraps and changing up a quilt pattern that we like! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks!
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