I went with DRASTIC....at least, for me it is!.... You take a perfectly lovely little quilt...and CUT IT...on both diagonals....EEK!
I then made four large log cabin blocks. This enabled me to use up the last bits of some of my favorite lines...Terrain and Sunkissed, and a few others.
I sewed the big blocks in a four patch...
Then turned it on point, and used the scrappy boxes as the corners. Putting a small, solid strip between the big and little blocks.
So what do you think? I've only cut one other quilt like this. It was a mystery quilt from Jess. I tell ya, it took some doing to get myself to cut that. But, as both the mystery quilt and this one I made came out looking great, I guess it's a good thing. LOL
I'm linking up with Jenna today.
And Lee at Freshly pieced.
UPDATE: I've decided to join the Scrap Attack quilt-along over at Stitched in Color with this quilt. Thank you Rachel! What a fun idea.
Have a great day!
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I think you were very brave and it looks beautiful! I may have to try that technique!
I've never seen a quilt made this way, how neat! And how brave of you!!
I only have one word for that quilt top==WOW!!!!!
Hugs, Di
What a great idea! You end up with a much larger quilt/project than you would if each unit was on it's own, and it uses up all those little bits of fabric that might be too small for anything else....
Love it!!
I've only cut perfectly lovely quilt blocks in half diagonally one time. It honestly took me 3 days of just looking at them and thinking about it before I could bring myself to take the rotary cutter to them. lol But in the end it turned out to be a great quilt. So, yes, I understand that you took a huge leap when you did the cutting. I liked it the way it was before with just the small blocks but now it is really gorgeous. You did good!
I like, I like. I've never done one like that either but maybe one day....
That took a lot of nerve! It sure turned out to be the right decision; your quilt top is fabulous!
You are very brave. Makes me shake in my shoes just thinking about it. But the end result is wonderful. Cheers, Karen.
It's striking - really beautiful but I would never have thought of doing that. blessings, marlene
It looks fabulous!!!!!
It`s absolutely fabulous !Love,love.
I've never seen that done before. It's turned out great!
Beautiful quilt! I really love the colors and the design!
Amazing! It's fantastic! First time for me to see a quilt constructed like that.
That's really cool and yes, very brave. It totally paid off.
I like that you went drastic
That quilt looks amazing! Way to stretch your comfort zone (that would certainly stretch mine, too!!)
That cut would scare me too! But it looks fantastic!
Well done for cutting into the quilt top, but it does give one a moment of pause doesn't it. It looks great.
Those vibrant colors are awesome! You totally rocked it :-D Thanks for sharing!
WOW. It came out beautiful. Love it and all the colors sing.
Dorian,
Wow. Love how that turned out! I guess I have another one for 'the list'!
Thats very brave of you, but I think it looks fabulous!
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