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Friday, August 15, 2014

Scrappy Green Crossroads

I was feeling a little lost at the beginning of the month when we found out that our August color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is light/bright green. I had already made my allotment of green LeMoyne Star blocks a few months ago, not realizing that lighter green would pop up again. 

 I decided to go an entirely different route and try to make a small quilt entirely in greens. The Crossroads block is one I had been seeing for a year or two and wanted to try. I dug out my 2-1/2" light and bright green strips, plus cut more strips off stash fabrics. The background fabric is a leftover from a quilt made around 12-14 years ago. Here is my finished Crossroads quilt top.
Crossroads
45" x 57"
My quilt blocks measure 12" finished, and there are 12 of them in the quilt. I might have made this quilt bigger, but I was limited by the amount of background that I had. Now I have the rest of August to piece a back and try to get this quilted. 
Check out this week's Rainbow Scrap Challenge posts on Saturday--lots of amazingly beautiful rainbow projects to inspire you! I am also linking up to Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict and joining in on The Purge over at Stitched in Color. It's time to conquer those scraps!


Julie in GA
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15 comments:

  1. ShannonAugust 15, 2014 at 9:15 AM

    Your colors go well together. I especially like your border!

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  2. AndeeAugust 15, 2014 at 3:26 PM

    I love it!

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  3. KateAugust 16, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    Beautifully done! The scrappy border is just the right frame for those blocks.

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  4. Alycia~QuiltygirlAugust 16, 2014 at 11:04 AM

    Fabulous!!! A whole quilt top done!! Impressive. Love that block. I am with you - I am out of green scraps since we did the first greens!

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  5. Katie Z.August 16, 2014 at 12:04 PM

    Your quilt looks great!

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  6. Lilian PilarAugust 16, 2014 at 2:03 PM

    Espectacular, me gusta como le ha quedado..

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  7. CathyAugust 16, 2014 at 6:16 PM

    Wow! That was fast. Fabric from 12 years ago, huh...way to go. Cute quilt.

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  8. KrisAugust 17, 2014 at 12:13 AM

    That really turned out great! WTG

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  9. scraphappyAugust 17, 2014 at 3:01 PM

    What a great quilt. It turned out fabulous! I can't believe how quickly you got it together. Congratulations.

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  10. MichelleAugust 17, 2014 at 8:25 PM

    I love the controlled scrappiness. It's a very pretty quilt.

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  11. SheilaAugust 18, 2014 at 1:31 AM

    I love it. It's a most excellent size for a lap quilt.

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  12. wendy wAugust 19, 2014 at 6:58 PM

    Can you tell me where to find this pattern?

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  13. Julie in GAAugust 19, 2014 at 8:48 PM

    I found two different tutorials:
    https://www.threadbias.com/blog_posts/crossroads-block-tutorial
    http://www.conniekresin.com/2013/01/crossroads-tutorial-in-3-sizes.html
    I used the second version, which gives instructions for 3 different sizes.

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    1. wendy wAugust 20, 2014 at 6:30 PM

      Thank you, I love your quilt in greens. I'm eager to use up my scraps with this one.

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  14. Val's Quilting StudioMarch 19, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    Oh such a beautiful quilt to rejuvinate this week!!! Thanks for sharing under our Green theme this week at Tuesday ARchives....I really like this pattern and plan to google the pattern. Thanks for the inspiration!

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