Wednesday, December 08, 2010

The "H" Quilt

I accidentally started a new quilt! Hey, at least I'm not as bad as Julie, who has already cut out 20 (probably more!) quilts that are just waiting for her to sew together! LOL!
I first got the idea of making an "H" quilt while visiting The Golden Thimble website. I thought it would be a great quilt idea to make for my sister-in-law and her husband because their first and last names all start with the letter H. For some unexplainable reason, I couldn't resist making up a few test blocks and found it was a fun and easy block to sew.
But would I want to make a whole quilt of them? And how would I set them together?
This is the layout on the website pattern, with every other block set sideways. This layout did not appeal to me at all.

So I went back to the first idea I had when putting the blocks on the design wall and much preferred the look of all the blocks standing upright, and I alternated the light and dark blocks.
It was so quick that I got the crazy idea that I could make this for a Christmas gift (right on schedule, as predicted, I get a big idea to push my stress to the next level just before Christmas...I must like it since I do it every year!! LOL If you want to read about last year's "add some stress" project - click here).
So/sew... Santa has gone into full block production! I will dig around in the stash for more fabrics as I have determined that I will only buy fabric for the 3 B's (borders, backing, binding) if I can't find anything suitable in my stash.

9 comments:

Amy said...

It looks very nice!!I am sure they will love it!

Dresden Quilter said...

I love how it is looking.What a great idea for a quilt.

Heather said...

i think an H quilt is a wonderful idea.

scraphappy said...

I was doing Hs just yesterday. They are a happy little letter, aren't they. Do you think you will get it done in time?

Libby said...

Accidentally started a new quilt - that might be the best opening line . . . . ever! Love it (the line and the quilt, too *s*)

mary said...

Love the h quilt--brothers name is Harry --in Renal failure--what a great gift------

Helen in the UK said...

I've seen the H block before and it's on my 'some day' list to make. Now I've seen your idea for layout, I think I'll have to 'bump' it up the list a little!! Looking great ... hope you meet your deadline :)

Alycia said...

Accidentally huh? That's too funny! But it is turning out great!!

julieQ said...

Hey, now...don't be jealous of my umpteen cut out projects...you can get there too! Hmmmm...maybe not such a good thing, LOL!!