The last pic in reds is a blanket I made with fabrics I got from the last time Craftsy shut its doors. I had always wanted to try that pattern where the blocks look like rectangles but the thin borders actually make them squares. Not sure I really captured the effect, but oh well, it's done and out of my system. It's going to Project Linus, too, although I'm not sure it's really right for a kid. Maybe for a kid who likes red!
Okay, the first one has long been waiting for a finish. I credit my Delphi Quilting Forum buddies for pushing us to get old projects finished. I embroidered these blocks as part of the Life of Hazel Ilene blog quilt along. I highly recommend it; the blogger, Shelly Pagliai, shared her mother's diary and provided a window into life during another time. It was not easy deciding how to put these blocks into a quilt, because they are pretty big. I went with this soft pink pattern, and I was going to use a dark gray binding to match the gray in the pattern, but it all looked too blah. Once I added the black and white binding, though, everything came together -- the binding pulled the black and white of the embroidered squares into view. I think it will make a sweet blanket for a little girl. Probably too big for a baby blanket.
The last pic in reds is a blanket I made with fabrics I got from the last time Craftsy shut its doors. I had always wanted to try that pattern where the blocks look like rectangles but the thin borders actually make them squares. Not sure I really captured the effect, but oh well, it's done and out of my system. It's going to Project Linus, too, although I'm not sure it's really right for a kid. Maybe for a kid who likes red!
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