Carried Away

In my previous post (scroll down) I talked about a project to work on at social sewing that would use up scraps. While I was making blocks one at a time at social sewing, it occurred to me that it would be easier and more efficient to make strip sets and sub-cut them. So, I tried that with a couple of red and cream strips of fabric. One WOF strip yields enough pieces for 12 blocks.

Which led to the concept of a whole red and cream quilt. 

Which inspired me to start making blocks. I put a few of them on the wall to see how this would look. Here's one option: 

Here are the same blocks with a different orientation:

Either way it'll be a cool quilt in red and cream. I'll put more blocks on the wall to see if I like the diagonal setting or the chevron layout better. Do you have a preference?

The strips are cut 2" wide and the blocks finish at 6". The blocks are so addictive to make that I may have gotten a bit carried away, making them in batches of four at a time. I now have all of the dark blocks that I need, and many of the light ones, for a twin bed size quilt comprised of five light columns and four dark ones. I'll frame the whole thing with a red border to control all those seams around the edges. 

For a project that started on a whim, this has turned into an obsession! 

Link up: Small Quilts and Doll Quilts