I’ve jumped on the bandwagon with this quilt, thanks to a tutorial by blue elephant stitches. It’s granny squares and I”m going scrappy! I intended to have this particular quilt {in another design} entered into Rachel of Stitched in Color’s Scrap Attack and admittingly, I didn’t finish in time. Honestly, I didn’t even start it prior to the due date. Originally, I wanted to do a mod mosaic design, but it wasn’t settling with me. At first, I kept telling myself, get going! Sew darn it! But, I didn’t. That was a clear sign that the design didn’t motivate me. I resolved to gazing at all the fun and amazing quilts being uploaded on her flickr group. Once the celebration started and official quilts were being showcased, the granny squares were calling my name. Now I can celebrate my procrastination, because really…this quilt is so ME! It reminds me of my grandma, allows me to use a modern element with all the white negative space, and showcases my super sumptuous fabrics. You could opt to simplify the color scheme, but I wanted color. Lots of it. At this point, my imagination tells me that if a box full of color crayons got the flu and puked, this would be the result. However, I do have a plan. The colors are pulled from my favorite piece of artwork that is hanging in our living room. This quilt will share the same room and hopefully fill the space with some modern and colorful country. And the squares are really fun to make! But I’m, quite possibly, the most excited about my quilting plans. I’ve decided to follow direction from Elizabeth of Oh, Frannson’s Orange Peel Quilting. ACK! I can barely handle it. It’s going to be FABULOUS! Here’s the progress, minus a few squares I’ve made since.
Scrappy Squares
Initial Progress
Scrappy Granny Squares
Oh and if you’re curious, here’s my color inspiration…
{please excuse the terrible photo}
So there you have it, my Scrappy Granny Squares Quilt in progress. I’ll be stitching up a few more squares tonight. This top will be finished very very soon and end up at about a full/queen size. Plenty of room for some TV snuggling!
♥ Robin
