When I started my basket quilt I was doing some quick research on basket blocks and was quite amazed by all the different basket patterns and tried to collect as many as I could. I think I got up to about 49 different variations.
Here are just a few from EQ6 - a birthday present I'm still trying to get to grips with...
I then decided I had to make a basket sampler using all or some of those 49 blocks. Given that the patterns were all to be different I limited the palette to pinks, purples and cream - a more traditional colourway than my other basket quilt.
I have enjoyed making all these little baskets - each one a little treasure. On the back of the quilt I was toying with the idea of making one giant basket out of scraps from the front. It may end up simpler than that.
Nicky
Here are just a few from EQ6 - a birthday present I'm still trying to get to grips with...
I then decided I had to make a basket sampler using all or some of those 49 blocks. Given that the patterns were all to be different I limited the palette to pinks, purples and cream - a more traditional colourway than my other basket quilt.
I have enjoyed making all these little baskets - each one a little treasure. On the back of the quilt I was toying with the idea of making one giant basket out of scraps from the front. It may end up simpler than that.
Not sure about the bright pink - they may need to find another destination...and the purple seems to have come out darker than reality on my monitor.
Are you smitten with any particular block? Not mine, but I mean like me and my baskets - there are so many variations out there it is fun to collect a few!
Nicky
