Scrap quilt project

Any quilters out there?  Hello?

Today I wanted to share a quilt I recently completed (actual pictures of the finished quilt are coming soon) that was fun, easy to make, and allowed me to use up a lot of different fabrics left over from other projects. 

It seems as though in a down economy like the one we’re experiencing now, the practical, hip, chic thing to do is use what you’ve got rather than buying new.  You could call it repurposing or recycling, for goodness sake.  I just wouldn’t recommend it.  Just kidding!  I highly endorse it. 

It’s easier to show you the plan and fabric placement first in white, grey and black representing light, medium and dark fabrics respectively.

I promise you: this is much cuter with actual fabrics!  Although, if you have lots of black and white fabrics, use ‘em up and add a splash of color!  Like this:

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Hmmm… do you see the potential there?

I made this quilt for a baby boy and used white fabric as the light patches, lighter blue fabrics for the medium patches and I used darker blue fabrics for my darks.

There are two different blocks in this quilt.  Let’s break it down:

Block A:

Block B:

Both blocks are variations on the traditional Shoo Fly block.

Alternating these two blocks and the color placement of each results is a peppy, vibrant overall look.

As shown in the quilt above, there are 8 of Block A and 8 of Block B.  You could really make the quilt any size your little heart desires, though.  It’s easy peasy!

Tomorrow let’s look at the measurements of each block and cutting instructions.

Are you so excited?!