44" x 43"
I had some batiked blocks left over from this quilt. Each block is about 19" square. I took 9 of them, and with a little special cutting....
I decided to use the left over pieces to make a fun back for the quilt.
Some of the pieces were about half the size of the original block, and some were about 3/4 sized. From all of these I cut 2" strips.
The shorter strips were joined rather randomly to make 6 long strips. I also added a few solid orange strips because I like the way it looked. I used half of these along with 4 wider strips of white fabric (about 9" wide, and 45" long) to make this:
(Notice that the top, bottom, and sides look larger than the centers. That is because I like to make the quilt back larger than the front. This allows for a bit a slippage during the machine quilting, and is trimmed away later. )After it was stitched, I used the rotary cutter to cut s along the black dashed lines. Then I inserted the other 3 long color strips to complete the back.
It took about 1 1/2 days to do the straight line quilting and then the red binding. Here's a closeup for you!
Fun, easy, bright and cheerful, and fast! It has added a bit of a facelift to my bathroom. We already had the strange collection of colorful towels. I just didn't realize this little quilt would pull the chaos together!
7 comments:
Lovely quilt and perfect for the space!
Thanks Vivien!
Gorgeous! Amazing what you can do with leftovers!
Thanks Deborah! Wish I could do the same with food!
FUNtastic!!
You've inspired me to make a colorful quilt for my master bathroom!
Sandy,
Yes! Go for it!
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