On a whim one day, I bought Rashida's newest line from Cotton and Steel, Paper Cuts. After removing some of the mustardy yellows, I added some C+S basics and tried to come up with a mindless, simple design to use. I thought of half-square triangles, but decided on half-square rectangles.
Was I wrong when I thought this would be mindless! The math for half-rectangles doesn't work out quite as easily as half-squares. After a bit of internet search, I ended up using this chart from Blocloc for my oversized cutting measurements. I didn't have the ruler so once the blocks were sewn, I just kind of winged my way through the trimming.
I've since found this tutorial from Then Came June, which gives a good explanation of the trimming.
Once I got the hang of it, this quilt was fairly easy and relaxing to piece. To be honest, it's not one of my favorite quilts, so I did some pretty simple quilting using my walking foot and outlining the seams.
Chances are this one will be donated to charity at some point. It's cozy, soft and has a bit of charm :)
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What a lovely quilt! The color scheme is just so sweet and serene!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt. Looks great! Don't sell it short.
ReplyDeleteVery cute quilt. Such a cool color palette. I want to make a half rectangle quilt someday.
ReplyDeleteI love it!
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ReplyDeletePretty sweet! I’ve yet to try half rectangles.
ReplyDeleteIt's very soothing with the lower contrast colors, yet has nice movement from all the unexpected rectangular blocks. This quilt will make someone very happy! :)
ReplyDeleteSuper nice. Me too, I have never made half rectangles.... maybe I have and just do not remember.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors. Very very pretty
Trimming and piecing HRTs is a different adventure from HSTs. I think your selection of prints is lovely together; the pops of yellow are fun. I also really like the stars in the background behind the quilt; they mimic the angles of the HRTs nicely.
ReplyDeleteSimplicity is perfected, I love this one. I think my second cup of coffee will help me find some background to go with a bundle that is calling my name. Today's binding work just moved to the back burner.
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