Monday, February 29, 2016

Busy Pink Plus On My Wall

It was so much fun to get together with friends and sew on Saturday. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I was able to finish this flimsy, which was started at a retreat in October. For obvious reasons I'm calling it the Busy Pink Plus.

It's made using 3-1/2" cut squares, a convenient size for cutting from fat quarters. This was a stash-busting project to use some prints left over from other projects as well as some scraps and some stash.

Since it's already so busy, I might as well use a bold stripe for the binding, which you can see here on the right. What's a little more bright color and pattern when there's already this riot going on?!!!
 
And yesterday I pieced a backing for it, also using up some stash. It's been fun to revisit some of these prints. That coral & aqua swirl was dated 2003 on the selvage. The bold stripe for the binding works fine with the backing, too.
 
Hopefully I can get it layered and pin basted this week, and start on the quilting. I'm planning a simple diagonal grid to keep it soft and drapey. This will end up being a donation quilt. The flimsy measures 51 x 60, lap size for an adult or a good size for a tween or teenage girl.

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times

11 comments:

  1. Someone is going to just love that quilt.

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  2. The backing is really fun and the binding stripe looks perfect. I hope you have fun working on this splash of color this week. :)

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  3. love the scrappiness of it and the back!! Well done!

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  4. All that busy pink is speaking my language. I think my favorite print is the one with the turquoise peeking through. I just love those two colors together. This quilt will definitely brighten someone's day.

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  5. Hi Jan, this plus quilt is great & the colours, superb!
    Greetings from Germany.

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  6. This is an awesome quilt and I love your pieced back too. What a great donation quilt.

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  7. Love it! I'm currently working through my blue shelves cutting for the same quilt! I hope mine looks as good as yours!

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  8. Busy? Yes, but the best kind of busy because all of the plusses retain their identity.

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  9. I think the riot of color is lots of fun.

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