Surprisingly, this checkerboard flimsy is on my design wall. It started out as a way to use scraps that have long been accumulating on my cutting table in the hopes that I might actually have use of the
entire cutting board rather than just the bit left by the scraps that continue to encroach.
I got the idea from Jean, one of the quilters at the church. She recently made a few checkerboard blocks for Quilts for Survivors in an attempt to use remnants from a flimsy that she made for them last year.
The idea wasn't to make a flimsy, just a few blocks. Sound familiar? Well, I started cutting 2.5" strips and squares and it seemed like there was just a never ending supply to work with. Eventually, I added a few strips from yardage - particularly the low volume prints - but most of it came from the table!
I was keen to use up the white print with the line drawing and a piece of pink and white stripe. There was lots of pink so I've included several squares in each block; still plenty left.
Since the top photo was taken, I've made all 12 blocks and now I'm working on borders: a strip of blocks bordered on either side with a strip of white. It's almost there!....M
3 comments:
I’m always surprised at how little fabric it takes to make a quilt. The stash doesn’t seem to deplete very quickly and there’s always lots of scraps. Love your scrappy checkerboard.
Scrap encroaching your cutting board? Really? At your place too? It has the same behavior here. It must be a characteristic of the species. Lol. Checker boards are always interesting to look at. So many fabrics.
Maybe it is just the lighting but the star block on the design wall seems to be missing a point. Enjoy! ;^)
You do have an eye for matching up tiny fabric blocks, Marie. That always guarantees even your simple patterns turn out beautifully!
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