Monday, September 25, 2017

Candy Stripe

Candy Stripe
Doesn't this cheerful scrap quilt put a smile on your face? Four inch squares of pink, lime, yellow and turquoise prints are randomly set in four-square blocks, then framed with bright striped sashing and squares of lime dots.

I repeated the stripes for the back, with border and binding in a pink Dear Stella crosshatch pattern. It's quilted in one huge circle, starting at center and spiraling out to the edges. Happy and girly, this 36” x 45” beauty could be a baby gift or a lap quilt. I really enjoyed working on Candy Stripe, using up more of my fabric inventory while creating something useful.

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I found I could say things
in colors and shapes
that I couldn't say any other way 
--things I had no words for.” 
Georgia O'Keeffe
 
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Clean out a corner of your mind
and creativity will instantly fill it.”
Dee Hock

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