Thursday, November 17, 2011

Nickel Crosses quilt

Nickel Crosses quilt
My Nickel Crosses quilt is made from my stash of homespun fabric.  I love the mixture of plaids and checks and the graphic quality created by their colors. I used 143 nickel squares and will use another 3 1/2 yards of fabric for the backing and binding. Yippee! 

This quilt took more thinking and planning than most of the scrappy quilts I have made.  I laid out the whole top before I sewed anything.  Just couldn't figure out a better way to create the look that I wanted.  I did however sew it together as nine patch blocks for the most part.  By constructing it this way I avoided having to join long rows of squares and was actually finishing 3 rows all at once!
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2 comments:

  1. sosarahsewNovember 17, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    Wanda at ExuberantColor.blogspot.com showed some of her cross quilts back in September. She cut rectangles to replace the 3 squares, and as you said used her desgn wall to plan out the whole top before sewing any seams. This is a project I need to try especially after seeing the beuatiful work of both you and Wanda.

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  2. Linda at LRDesignsQuiltingNovember 17, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Wow, that looks great! I love the plaids going every different directions.

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