It’s the last day of the DUST OFF A QUILT BOOK blog hop!
First have a look at
And then it’s also my turn 🙂
I actually made 2 things, this first one was a quick one because I wasn’t sure if I’d get to finish the second one after all the stuff with my husband….
The book I chose is called “Spotlight on Neutrals” and it’s TOTALLY out of my wheelhouse, because I love COLORFUL quilts and often don’t include enough neutrals…. so this was a good challenge!
I found this one quilt made from disappearing nine patch blocks and I actually had a ton of 2 1/2″ squares already cut in a bin, so I figured I’d use those and see how far I’d get!
I made the 9 patches and used the beige as the X parts of the blocks and then white and grey as the O part of the blocks
I had enough to make 12 blocks
Then I cut them up
I realized that I should have used more variety, otherwise the beige would be most of the center of the blocks according to the book, so then I started experimenting!
I liked this look better and sewed the blocks together like that
Instead of making a small quilt 3×4 blocks, I decided on a table runner 2×6 blocks instead and shuffled the blocks around.
I quilted it with a sort of modern design in white thread
It measures 11″ x 33″
I said I made another quilt and this was really my main idea for this blog hop
I’ve had this STASH LAB book for a while and I don’t think I ever made anything from it, probably not the neutral book either, isn’t that how it often is??
On the cover on the left is a string quilt with skinny string strips and then solid grey, so it makes it very modern!
I decided to use selvedge edges instead and had several sections started
The quilt is called loose change BTW 🙂
So I made several chunky sections and already planned a 4×5 layout with 8 1/2″ blocks so as long as the selvedge height was 8 1/2″ I was good to go!
After making a bunch, I though I had enough and then did some math and found that I really needed to sub cut the sections rather skinny, 1 1/2″ and 1″ sections, 20 of each
I also cut out this dotted grey fabric and added different widths to make them 8 1/2″ when sewn together- I should have looked at the book and seen that the blocks were different, or every other block was, oh well….. I did my own thing AGAIN 🙂
Fun blocks though!!
Then I laid them out and turned every other block sideways, I decided to have all the blocks facing either right side up or to the left, so not much randomness in that. But that’s ok 🙂
I sewed the blocks together and added a white inner border and the same grey as an outer border
I quilted it in a boxy design in grey thread
The quilt measures 38″ x 46″
This was a fun challenge!
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Both projects are sew great!! Love how you made a table runner instead of the full quilt, and got to experiment with the techniques. The selvedge string is awesome – I love the gray as the background!!!!
What fun projects! The first one reminds me of post it notes. Maybe because my grandkids have them scattered all over my house🤣. Your modern quilt is really cool. I have a ton of selvedges saved…maybe it’s time to get them out and put them to good use! Thanks for hosting and fir the inspiration!❤️
Great projects, both of them. Thanks so much for hosting this hop, one of my favorites
again this year.
I saw a tutorial on the disappearing nine patch while scrolling Facebook the other day. I’d forgotten about that one and it’s been on my mind to use some of my stash to make some. Thank you for sharing it in those colors…it is beautiful! I didn’t get in on this hop (sorry) but sometimes life takes over everything. I know you have your hands full and you are in my prayers. xo
I love your two projects. The table runner is so fun and of course the reconstructed 9 patch is quite fun to make. I like the one with the selvedges, too. I have a group of them somewhere, I think. I was collecting and stopped, but I am pretty sure they are in a bin! Thanks for reminding me.