A few years ago I made a quilt and just this past year I made that quilt again but with some modifications.
The first time I made this quilt, back in 2023, I used darker squares from my 2.5″ box of squares and a light beige background to make this quilt. The inspiration for the quilt was a picture/quilt on the Wedding Dress Blue Blog years ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t make good notes about where I found my inspiration. I looked through quite a years of blog entries and wasn’t able to find what i was looking for.
The following year I realised my 2″ square scrap box was overflowing with light but not white squares. I decided to make them into 9 patches. Then, I remembered the quilt I had made the prior year and realised decided that I would make a similar quilt, by swapping out the 4-patches for 9-patches. This time though I knew I would need a darker background colour, so I held auditions!
After some thought, I decided I liked the dark burgundy background the best. The blues though, were a close second and third.
In retrospect a small border would have finished this quilt nicely. I’d definitely make a version of this quilt again. Maybe sooner rather than later as my 2″ and 2.5″ scrap bins are overflowing once again!
I always go back to designs that worked the first time also. By changing up the colours or values and altering it just a bit, you get a totally different looking result that is equally as pleasing as the first.