I finally have a finish. Believe it or not it’s my first one in 2018. I started making these happy blocks earlier this year and actually finished a quilt with them in the same year I started working on them. I’ve made lots of tops in that time but never got them past the finish line. Life happened – renovations, family health issues, unpacking after renovations, setting up my sewing room after our move last year – and it kept me from the sewing machine more than I would have liked. And when I finally got to the sewing room I was piecing quilt blocks and tops and not sandwiching, quilting or applying binding to actually get quilts finished. That has now changed.
For this quilt I used the same print for the centre square and and then used various tone on tone fabrics from my stash for the outside of each block. I was planning to make it very scrappy but that didn’t happen. Rather a controlled scrappy quilt emerged.
I found a green fabric with hearts on it in my stash. As it matched most of the colours in the quilt I thought it the perfect backing for this quit. I quilted it using a wavy line stitch on my sewing machine. It was then bound in the same material I used for the pink blocks.
If you see some dark lines on the quilt those are marks from the crayola washable markers I used to mark some of the quilting lines on the quilt. I’ll wash it prior to giving it away.
I’m not quite sure where this quilt will end up. I’m guessing that it may be donated to the quilt guild to use as a charity quilt or for the silent auction at the upcoming quilt show.
When I mentioned to my beloved that I was blogging about this quilt. I described it as a the quilt I made with the colourful squares. He looked a me as if my head was spinning and exclaimed “Which quilt with the colourful squares?” and then started laughing loudy. Between laughs he suggested that given how I love bright colours, that my describing a quilt that way is not identifying in the least. I have to admit he does have a point; I do like colour! Instead I’m calling this my Happy Blocks Quilt. It probably won’t help him identify it but I’ll know which one it is.
Happy Blocks quilt…yes, that name suits it! One complete….how many to go? I hope you share each one when it’s done!
I have four more that are quilted. One is almost done, another has the binding on but not sewn to the back and two have binding material selected for the binding but the binding still has to be made. I will definitely be sharing them when they are completed.
Love your happy block quilt. That pattern is one of my favorites for kids’ charity quilts.
Thank you Bonnie, it’s a great pattern isn’t it?
Wow its so beautiful & colourful!!! I absolutely love quilts, but have never tried. I fear now that I won’t be able to because of the Osteo/Rheumatoid arthritis setting into my fingers. Some days its all I can do to be production in my paper art. But such beautiful work Yvonne.
Those colors all work so great together! It’s so fun, and yes, Happy! The backing fabric is perfect too!
Thank you Christine!