Monday, February 20, 2012

Finished it!

Hello everyone,

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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24 comments:

Laura said...

I think you were very brave and it looks beautiful! I may have to try that technique!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

I've never seen a quilt made this way, how neat! And how brave of you!!

QUILTING IS BLISSFUL, DI said...

I only have one word for that quilt top==WOW!!!!!
Hugs, Di

Quilting with Jannette said...

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....

Barb said...

Love it!!

Dawn said...

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!

Michele said...

I like, I like. I've never done one like that either but maybe one day....

lindaroo said...

That took a lot of nerve! It sure turned out to be the right decision; your quilt top is fabulous!

Karen Pior said...

You are very brave. Makes me shake in my shoes just thinking about it. But the end result is wonderful. Cheers, Karen.

StitchinByTheLake said...

It's striking - really beautiful but I would never have thought of doing that. blessings, marlene

Needled Mom said...

It looks fabulous!!!!!

Rosa said...

It`s absolutely fabulous !Love,love.

Miss Hillbilly said...

I've never seen that done before. It's turned out great!

Taryn V. said...

Beautiful quilt! I really love the colors and the design!

Patti said...

Amazing! It's fantastic! First time for me to see a quilt constructed like that.

The Thompsons said...

That's really cool and yes, very brave. It totally paid off.

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

I like that you went drastic

Linda Beth said...

That quilt looks amazing! Way to stretch your comfort zone (that would certainly stretch mine, too!!)

Rebecca said...

That cut would scare me too! But it looks fantastic!

Scrap,Quilt, Preach said...

Well done for cutting into the quilt top, but it does give one a moment of pause doesn't it. It looks great.

Claire Jain said...

Those vibrant colors are awesome! You totally rocked it :-D Thanks for sharing!

Frog Quilter said...

WOW. It came out beautiful. Love it and all the colors sing.

Sally said...

Dorian,
Wow. Love how that turned out! I guess I have another one for 'the list'!

Carin@Ullhärvan said...

Thats very brave of you, but I think it looks fabulous!

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