See the paisley fabric in the block above. It's from a border fabric I bought a few years ago. You know, one of those moments of impulsive buying. You get the picture. Well, after much thought as to what to do with it once I bought 6 yards ........ I know, I know ...... crazy!
I decided to use it in one of our "wacky" challenges, which turned out beautifully.
I love the look of this quilt because of the effect of the dark and light sides of the blocks. The border fabric was placed in the center diagonally across. Hope that wasn't too confusing.
Now, I was left with the rest of the border fabric. BTW, I hand cut (no rotary involved) the border sections apart.
I used an
ugly not so pretty fabric as a base to flip and sew. Note that I also placed the border fabric off center in these blocks. I also sewed light fabrics on opposite ends to get a secondary design.
I need to make several more blocks before I decide how this will be sewn together.
This is a FQ that I bought recently. Not enough to make a quilt but maybe an apron.
So the next time you're in your favorite quilt shop, don't pass up that border fabric.
this looks wonderful Rhonda! I really like the placement in the photo, but am curious what you will decide!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful effect you have created using a border print in that way! Very creative, I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever, it looks fantastic and you achieved what you were going for.
ReplyDeleteThat is VERY Cool!! Love the look it gave the quilt in the shashing!!
ReplyDeleteoh you sure do inspire me! i have all these crazy dryer sheet quilt squares I've sewn up with no idea what to do with them. They just need some boarder fabric!
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