Thursday, May 30, 2013

scrapper's delight {a finished quilt top}


I can hardly believe it, but last night I managed to finish this Scrapper's Delight quilt top (pattern from Sunday Morning Quits).


I started making this quilt for my son about two weeks ago but after getting these 8 - 12.5" blocks done I was stuck. I sort of liked how busy and crazy it was, and my son liked it too, yet there was something "not right" about it at the same time.


Here's where most of my dilemma came from. If I made all 36 blocks as planned, the finished quilt would finish at 72" square. I was not sure my seven year old son needed such a giant quilt. If, however, I decided to make one less row of blocks, the pattern would not match and I did not like that. So, it seemed I would either end up with a quilt that was too small (4 x 4 layout) or too big (6 x 6 layout).


And then it struck me. Why not make larger blocks (15.5" square), do a 4 x 4 layout, and end up with a 60" square quilt top?!?! So that's exactly what I did. And I like it :) 

I especially like the middle square sort of coming forward - a totally unintentional, but fun design element.

Festival of Strings

I'm linking this quilt up to Rachel's Festival of Strings. Hope you'll stop by to see all the beautiful stringy quilts already submitted.

35 comments:

  1. Great solution! How are you planning to quilt it?

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  2. It looks fabulous, and I do see the center jumping out at me -- perfect!

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  3. Very clever solution! Looks great!

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  4. Yes, I love how that centre square just stands out. It's a great top Svetlana.

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  5. Great job - that middle square is the first thing I noticed, too!

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  6. So clever... sometimes the solutions are so simple but don't come right away! Really pretty.

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  7. That is a really neat effect in the middle! Very modern and reminds me of a house sculpture I once saw that was coming at you but also receding at the same time. Very very cool! Glad you got yours finished in time!!!

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  8. Awesome quilt! I love the colors you chose, very soothing.

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  9. It is so pretty! Love the soft colors and the scale of your blocks. Feeling inspired to try something similar...
    ; )

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  10. Love it. I'm not the first to say it (and I'm sure that I won't be the last) but that centre square really does make the quilt top!

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  11. I love it! After I saw your blocks earlier this week I actually bought the book, my scrap situation is out of control! And I agree about the center kind of popping, it looks great. Perfect for your son.

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  12. Great quilt! Love the layout.

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  13. This is one of the nicest string quilts I've seen S! Some I'm not so sure about, but you have such a talent for putting fabrics together, this totally works. And a great idea to make giant blocks too! Well done! Jxo

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  14. Great solution to the problem there :o)

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  15. It's wonderful. Love the colors.

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  16. Love how your quilt turned out :)

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  17. THat center popping out illusion is awesome! Love the quilt!

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  18. I love the visual effect those squares make!! Beautiful top, can't wait to see what you do with the quilting!

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  19. I love the visual effect those squares make!! Beautiful top, can't wait to see what you do with the quilting!

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  20. Love what you did, both for the quilt and solving your 'problem'

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  21. ingenious! Improv is so fun! Great quilt.

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  22. That is really cool how the centre square seems to stand off the quilt. It's like an optical illusion picture that you stare at to see the illusions. A new take on 3d quilts!

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  23. Loving how that center square is popping! I always adore your color choices.

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  24. Gorgeous, great that you had the idea of making the blocks larger :)

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  25. Beautiful! I love the larger blocks. I'm working on that pattern too at the moment and am making 15.5" blocks to eventually become a queen size. :)

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  26. Vypada krasne, Svetlanko! J.

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  27. Elegant solution, Svetlana! Thanks for joining the festival.

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  28. Just gorgeous! I'm going to have to pick up this book!

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  29. I just had breakfast with Cheryl at Market. That book is so fun and the quilt turned out lovely.

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  30. Great quilt....very modern and definitely a plus that the middle has a 3D feel to it.

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