Remember the block race I was in a little while ago?
Well it produced a big stack of 10" blocks.
The pile was added to one late night
when I just needed something to stitch, so it got larger.
Some of the blocks were trimmed down to 9 1/2" for a
devilish bingo game at retreat, but the pile was still substantial.
I've been collecting string quilt instructions
for this year's string quilt push
and I came across a top made with
perpendicular block halves.
The pattern is from Fons and Porter 2014.
Some were larger than required but
I didn't want to cut them down
and waste all that good sewing and fabric.
So of course I modified the pattern.
Channeling the spirit of upcycling, sustainability and reusing,
I used a lime green poly cotton as the sashing.
Yes, it brought back all the reasons not to use poly cotton.
It isn't as forgiving when joining diagonals,
it has a peculiar smell when ironed, and it is rather slippery
and required use of *gasp* pins.
Actually, I do use pins quite a bit so that's nothing unusual.
Here we go!
First, I sorted my blocks, to keep green strips away from the center
so they wouldn't interfere with the sashing.
Then I bravely slashed half of them
in the direction of the strips,
and the other half perpendicular to the run of the strips.
Next, I added the lime green 1 1/2" strip to the middle,
pieced them all back together, and voila!
My top is already at the ideal size for a twin,
It will end up with a small border of
squares set in a plane or reads a solid background.
Here is a mock-up of mine next to the original pattern.
A piano key border would make the top larger than I like
so I will use my smaller border.
There's always the capacity for modification!
There is still a pile of blocks to use,
so another something is definitely in the works.
Stay Safe and Sew on!
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