Geometrics 14 - Dusty rose, coral, and gray lap quilt
Chris told me she used 2” squares and strips for hers. I’m sure you can see the similarity of the “idea” with my blocks. Thanks for the inspiration, Chris!
Well, right about when I was figuring I was needing to find a few more really easy quilts to finish up these geometrics, a lady, Chris Wells, in the Facebook group, posted a scrap quilt made with a long, narrow block. I believe I have made something like this before - a while ago—but not recently. I immediately thought of adapting that idea for my 1.5” cut strips for the geometrics that I had left. She gave me permission to show her quilt.
I was able to use up all of my previously cut 1.5” strips - in fact, I had to cut some more from some of the 4.5” pieces I had left over.
This quilt top is about 50.5”x72”.
To me, this one doesn’t look like a baby quilt, so I am dubbing it a “lap quilt”.
After looking over my selection of solids and seeing what I had left and knowing what I am still going to do with number 11 (not telling you yet), I had decided on using pinks. At first I thought I would go with all my solid pinks. But I put them together and went “Uugh…don’t really like it that much”. So I decided on choosing that dusty rose again, adding a couple more pinks that went reasonably well with it including a corally pink, and then adding gray.
Even though it may not look like it at first glance, there are actually 5 different grays in this - one only has 1 block and then the two darker grays are very close in color, but up close and side by side, they are different.
It’s a pretty easy quilt. I mean. E.A.S.Y.
To create that “half drop” block effect, simply take one of the blocks and chop it in half and put half of the block on the top and half on the bottom as shown. Yeah. It’s that simple.
It took 6 blocks down on each column and there were 7 columns. So, for a total of 42 blocks, I was able to use up some of the solids that I’m less than excited about. I suppose these are “old” or “dated” colors - if one is to date colors. But I do still like them - even if they are “out of style” at the moment.
We all know if we wait long enough, everything comes back in style - either that, or it is valued as “retro”. I mean really…”mid century modern”? seriously? Here in Poland it is just “communist-era furniture” - but highly sought after at the moment by at least some - others can’t get rid of it so they dump it in the woods!
Anyway…
I was tickled to use up all the 1.5” geometric strips I had cut - at least all the ones that were 8.5” in length as that is what I needed for the centers of the blocks.
The blocks are long and skinny - finishing at 7”x12” or 7.5”x12.5”. The absolutely wonderful thing about this block and design is that there are no seams to match - either in the block OR in the quilt design. How’s that for easy?
It really is.
Here’s a close up of the block:
And there you go!
This is the latest of the geometrics that I’ve finished!
The whole series is here- you can keep up with it all on one page if you should desire.
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