Tuesday 3 May 2016

Being economical with economy blocks














Scraptastic Tuesday


When announcing #scraptastictuesday winners last month I showed you this quilt top I made from 41 economy blocks.  



I was being economical with the blocks by making them into stars with an alternate snowball block, made from the cut off triangles left over from other blocks. 


I was even more stingy by adding lots of negative space around them.



I actually love the look this gave me, all because I didn't want to fussy cut more economy blocks.  Sometimes it pays dividends to think outside the box.


Anyway I quilted it with a serpentine stitch in vertical lines.  It is a look I have often seen but never followed up on.  Well I'm so glad I did as the texture this gives is amazing!   It does shrink it up somewhat so this quilt that was a bit small is even smaller now, but very snuggly.



I used up the last of a pink floral fabric that I had on the back and went with a yellow gingham binding cut on the bias as I love the effect that gives though I didn't actually want the stretchiness.




And so here it is



I will be linking this little quilt up to the Finish-A-Long 2016 at the end of quarter 2 



Finish A Long 2016



It started out as just a little pile of square blocks on my list here.



15 comments:

  1. This turned out so pretty! I like your unique use of these blocks!

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  2. This quilt is so good, it twinkles.

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  3. Gorgeous. Whilst I had seen pics up on IG it's lovely to see it on a bigger screen and to hear the full story!

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  4. You are the queen of improvisation Nicky! Economy blocks, leftover triangles and all that negative space make for a lovely quilt!

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  5. Wonderful finish, congratulations, it is so gorgeous.
    Greetings,
    Sylvia

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  6. Love that random stars look, and I think you have done a super finish with that serpentine stitch.
    Good one Nicky!

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  7. Great transformation, and gorgeous texture.

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  8. Great transformation, and gorgeous texture.

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  9. Love this Nicki. Love it. Love it. Love it!

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  10. I love how you transformed these blocks!

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  11. That's a very effective quilt. Very nice

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  12. My goodness...how productive are you. I only managed two projects. Love the quilt and the quilting that you have done on it.

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  13. Love the block use and the negative space. It's a lovely quilt!

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