I came across a cute pattern from Diary of a Quilter (by Amy Smart) called "Simple Stripes" and decided it would be perfect for my 10th quilt donation to Choose Life of North Alabama, my 14th finish for this year. The tutorial is free on her site or as a PDF if you want to print and save it for later. I decided on blues, greens, and yellows (brights, of course!) so into the stash I went. I cut enough for way more than one quilt, mainly because I got caught up with all the fun fabrics and forgot to keep track of what I was cutting.
The blocks went together fast. It took me longer to decide which fabrics to put together into blocks than it did to sew them!
After the first few blocks were up on the design wall, though, I wasn't loving it.
Quilty friends recommended that I throw in a few blocks using large prints. That was a great idea except that this is pretty much the extent of my "large" prints! Not so many, and not what anyone would call large.
I used the yellow with curly ribbons, and it worked.
My stash came in handy again. I had the perfect thing for backing and binding.
Because it was such a pretty day outside I had a good time with the photo shoot in my courtyard.
This was a fun quilt to make - really simple, really quick, and all from stash. Gotta love it.
I'm linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Sew Some Love.
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