Last week I posted about my ponderings over what to do for Miss A’s bed quilt I’m wanting to get started on. For her sister’s, I made all granny square blocks…..
and ended up with boxes full of leftover 2.5 inch squares in all these lovely colors. I really wanted to stay with some kind of theme for the eventual trio of mamma made quilts for the girls.
So I set out to find a way to incorporate them. Then I found this photo on Flickr and fell in love! What a sweet, a cheerful combination of color and design. I figured it was straight forward enough for even me! I had to cut more squares to make the right sized HST for the design, but after that, I was on my way. Don’t Call Me Betsy has a great tutorial on this block- she calls it the Patchwork Wheel Block!
I’m not normally drawn to repeating blocks, at least not if I have to make them! But I just love the mixture of really modern designer fabric with the sweet little 1930′s reproduction prints.
Indeed, I have a weakness for really sweet, really cute, traditional with a modern twist, blocks…… and for my little girls, I’ll endure the frustration of trying to create large amounts of them. What I like about these is that I can work on it in little bits and pieces, I get a chance to practice some basic skills, and Miss A can help me design them! It’s a win, win in my book!!
I’m linking up with Lee’s WIP Wednesday. It seems folks are really creative and busy this week– lots to see over there!!
~~~karen
Ive had that tutorial bookmarked as well. Your blocks look adorable. I hear you on repeating patterns though.
Sometimes it is hard to figure out what to do with all the leftovers isn’t it. I have a few different sized HST’s I am trying to figure out what to do with currently! You got your trouble all figured out I see—wonderful top for your daughter!
Seeing the blocks and then looking at the Flickr inspiration, I wouldn’t have thought it was the same thing. It will be very colorful.
That block is very cute indeed
So sweet!