Cross quilt block

[via_ostiense]

I ran across Sonnet of the Moon while I was searching for bento box quilt images, and have enjoyed browsing the blog archives. Crystal has made so many gorgeous quilts that utilize traditional American quilt squares in bright, vivid colors! I'm still searching for my own style, but I love how neatly all of the points match up on Crystal's quilts and how well she can arrange colors. Look at the range of complementary greens, yellows, and browns in the Couchant on a Field Vert quilt! Inspired by the pretty quilt blocks, I decided to use fabric scraps to make a block from my Japanese quilting book last night. When I have enough, I'm going to sash them and make a quilted rug for the kitchen, so that I don't keep denting the floor when I drop things. If I put a double thickness of batting inside and make the rug wide enough to cover the floor between the sink and the oven, it shouldn't slip around.



Look! Most of the points match up! I'm so happy about that! I made this block by cutting each patch rather than strip piecing, carefully measured each piece, carefully sewed the pieces together with a 1/4" seam, and when some of the seams didn't match, resewed the pieces so that they would. Hurrah! Next time, I'll try strip piecing.

Comments

[redsnake05]

That matches up beautifully. I love how cheerful it looks.

[via_ostiense]

Thank you! I'm fond of the smiley face fabric, which always makes me grin.

[teapot_rabbit]

That is a really cute interpretation of that quilt block! ^_^ I think I recognize the apple fabric, too. Is the block from Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match, by Susan Briscoe? I have been eyeing that book for a while now. Do you like it?

You might look into getting a piece of non-slip foam material (I'm really not sure what you'd call it) from a hardware store, and putting that underneath your quilted mat when you finish it. That should keep it in place. :)

[via_ostiense]

A rug pad is an excellent idea, thank you!

The block is from the Briscoe book, and I like the book. The directions seem rather bare-bones to me (it's just an image of the quilt blocks, how many pieces you need to cut, and a piecing diagram), but I'm very new to quilting. The patterns themselves and the quilt suggestions are fantastic (there's one suggested quilt that is all orderly blocks in the top half and looks like blocks falling apart in the bottom half, and it makes my heart pitter patter).