Showing posts with label red white and blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red white and blue. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Four Patch Plus

After sending four baby quilts out the door, I got the itch to play with a small project again. I dug out my bin containing red and blue scraps and started playing. I made a pile of four patches and played with a simple layout. I decided it needed to be just a bit bigger so I added some sashing along with the setting squares on the horizontal sash. Who knows -- maybe this is a pattern with a name? It was fun to finally hang a quilt on the line. It wouldn't have worked with anything larger but a baby quilt was perfect -- and although the snow is still deep under the clotheslines, it's now hard enough to walk on. After finishing the four patch, I started stitching out some half-square triangles for another simple baby quilt, making a small dent in my bin of Verna fabrics. Getting rid of those four baby quilts was quite motivating! I'll play with these until I find out what UFO I have to complete in April.