Yet another good friend had a baby recently and I really wanted to make a quilt for little baby Benjamen (Leslie if you're ready this, sorry to ruin the surprise!). I saw these Riley Blake prints and immediately ordered a fat quarter set (In Highway Roads colorway). I didn't have a pattern in mind - but I remembered the Hedgerow Scrappy Tutorial from Oh Fransson! and started making blocks loosely based on the tutorial.
I started by cutting out 12 3.5" squares from the blue and brown large car/motorcycle/bus/bike print. I then added 1.5" and 1.75" strips to keep a "scrappy look" while at the same time using coordinating fabrics. I'm not completely in love with this yet- but I think once it's done and sashed in some great light blue fabric it won't look so busy.
What do you think? Is this going to make the poor baby look cross-eyed with all the fabric craziness?
These are scanned images of the 9.5" blocks I created
(they didn't completely fit on the scanner glass)
"Blue Middle"
I started by cutting out 12 3.5" squares from the blue and brown large car/motorcycle/bus/bike print. I then added 1.5" and 1.75" strips to keep a "scrappy look" while at the same time using coordinating fabrics. I'm not completely in love with this yet- but I think once it's done and sashed in some great light blue fabric it won't look so busy.
"Brown Middle"
What do you think? Is this going to make the poor baby look cross-eyed with all the fabric craziness?
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