When I was visiting my friend Deanna earlier this month, she showed us a gorgeous scrap quilt that had won a 1st place ribbon at the fair. I fell in love immediately and started planning to make a similar one in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge style. The original pattern was called "When this you see" by Lydia Quigley of The Rabbit Factory. I searched for the pattern on the internet but couldn't find it.
It is a 2 block quilt, with one block being a 25 patch made from scraps, and the second block being a framed sawtooth star. Deanna made her version totally scrappy, and I think mine will be controlled scrappy.
This is a practice scrappy 25 patch block. I don't know how many blocks I'll make each month or where this quilt is going yet - it's a fresh idea, still germinating.
Linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge
both versions look great- a great use of scraps!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful quilt! Perfect for scrappy inspiration. I've seen a similar design with the place where your stars being blank white space. I like the stars there! Have fun playing with that design!
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ReplyDeleteWedding Dress Blue quilting blog has a tutorial for this pattern. She called it Irish Stars and had a quilt along a few years ago. I made it and I love the quilt.
https://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/irish-star-quiltalong/
Have fun with your new RSC project, Kathy!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing how your controlled version evolves. Great pattern for scraps.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That is an amazing quilt! I will be so interested to see yours grow.
ReplyDeleteYour star block is so cute! The Irish Star from The Wedding Dress Blue has been on my list for a very long time. It would be fun to make this in 2023 along with you. Do you mind if I do? I will use Wedding Dress Blue's pattern to make the stars. It will be different from yours also because I'll make mine a scrappy zero-control type of quilt. It'll be fun. I just hope I'll be able to keep up with you. What do you say? ;^)
ReplyDeleteThat's really going to be pretty!
ReplyDeleteOH! I WANT TO MAKE ONE TOO What a beautiful Quilt It will be great watching yours come together I have some older patterns from the Rabbit Factory. Hugs
ReplyDeleteI will put this in EQ and let you know how it goes Hugs Love the quilt
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous scrappy quilt!!! I want to make one, too!!!
ReplyDeleteThat’s an awesome scrap-busting quilt. And I’m sure your controlled color version will be amazing. Like the others, I want to make one too! It’s too bad we all need to sleep, eh?
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to make this quilt and it used up lots of scraps but I still have many scraps left to use! Kathy your blues look so pretty and soft. It was a pattern I bought a while ago and a friend wanted to do a scrappy leader and ender quilt...I picked this one for her and I to do together. My top is done but she hasn't started yet. She has a box of batik scraps that she will be using.
ReplyDeleteboy that sent me down a rabbit hole - fun
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