Greenway
In
this hot August weather, I've been staying inside working on something cool,
green, and fresh. I saw a photo of this design online, done up in
different colors, so I sewed my version of the pattern.
My Greenway quilt was fairly quick to stitch up. The ten inch blocks are set
on point, alternating each block design. The simple cross is made of
squares and rectangles in neutral tans, aqua, and white on cream vine
print. For the green blocks, I added a small cream half-square
triangle across the corner of finished HST squares.
I sewed partial blocks to fill in the corners and sides for this 43” x 57” snuggle quilt. Quilting is a straight stitch in cream thread along both sides of the seams. For backing, I used a large scale stripe in green, aqua and cream with an off center ten inch wide strip of a green tiny print. Green binding frames it up nicely.
Accuquilt
dies used:
55031
Half Square 4” finished
55159
Rectangle 2 ½” x 4 ½”
55018
Small Value die 4 ½” square and 2 ½” HST
55017
2½” strip for binding
Side
note: This week's our 47th anniversary, a low key
celebration for sure. No elegant restaurant meal or trip to the
beach; still too much COVID around for us to venture out. That's ok,
all we need is each other. We're not fancy people anyhow. We'll be
happy to enjoy a simple grilled steak, salad, and baked potato
dinner, a bottle of wine, and a movie. Sounds like a perfect night
in the home we've created together.
