I started with this piece of fabric from my stash. I bought it to use as the backing for my second quilt, which I made before Paul and I got married, for his sister and her new baby. That baby is now 16! So these vehicles have been hanging around a long time!
I didn't have enough of it to make many blocks, so I decided to make it the center panel of the quilt.
Then I pulled blues, greens, yellows, greys and blacks from my stash to coordinate with the bright coloured machines.
I'm making disappearing four-patch blocks to go around that panel. I love how the personality of the block changes with just a little cutting and rearranging of the pieces. This block went from this...
to this! Doesn't this have so much more pizazz?
So far I have three sides worth of blocks finished, and the four patches made for the other side. I just have to do the cutting and resewing on them. I'm thinking I'll bind it in red, but maybe black would be better. What do you think? And do I need to make blocks that have a little red in them to balance all the red in the center?
I'll be linking up with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for the progress check. It'll be fun to see what everyone else it up to.
I love disappearing 4patch blocks. I would use red for the binding. This is a very pretty quilt.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should try red on the binding. I really love the look of the disappearing 4 patch
ReplyDeleteGreat job, love the starting fabric. It will be loved.
ReplyDeleteThe disappearing 4 patch blocks are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, the disappearing 4 patch blocks are great! I probably would thry to ad a bit of a red around to make it blend together a bit, but on the other side, black binding also would work great, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! A red binding would tie it all together nicely.
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