Several years ago, I bought 2 panels of cute cats, as a friend wanted a cat quilt. Unfortunately, she wanted realistic cats, so the panels went into the stash closet.
There are 6 different designs and 12 squares on each panel. They aren't quite square, but that's OK. Unfortunately, I couldn't leave any of the background fabric, as the cut edges were too close to the blocks.
Then I headed to EQ7, and designed a quilt, using 24 blocks. I decided to make the centre 4x5 blocks, leaving 4 blocks to use in the corners of the borders.
I pulled 3 fabrics from my stash to use with the blocks
I'll use the darker green as sashing, and the hot pink as the cornerstones. Using design software helps to audition fabrics (I just use similar colours), gives rotary cutting instructions, and estimates fabric yardage.
I was putting away all my new fabric after giving it a quick press, and found a cute panel that I had picked up last summer. Decided to use it in the centre of a quilt.
Since the blue and white print area is tiny sail boats, I hunted through my fabric for some that I had bought many years ago!
One print is all-over coloured anchors, and the other shows light houses - a perfect complement to the theme. I decided it needed a splash of red, and the whole thing came together quickly.
Look for more links to Design Wall Monday on Judy's blog.
I've been inspired by Judy, to add mine to the mix! I made these blocks last spring, inspired by the 2003 Project Linus pattern in Quiltmaker magazine. I began by cutting lots of novelty fabric squares, then continued to cut the triangle pieces as well. Didn't do too much matching, but just looked for good contrast. This will be the second quilt made with these blocks, and I have enough for one more as well! I found all the blocks while reorganizing my sewing room. Still haven't completely unpacked after our return from Florida, but I'm slowly plugging away at the task!
