Thanks to the crafty women in the Bee Beautiful Virtual Quilting Bee, I received 20 scrappy log cabin blocks to make up this quilt.
I sent everyone in the group a pile of my scraps (isn't it crazy how a single piece of fabric can bring back so many memories?) and a pink center square and each of the group members made me two scrappy log cabin blocks for my quilt.
The colors and patterns are wild and crazy, and while I could have added sashing between to tone things down, I decided to sew each block directly together for a true patchwork look. This quilt is a birthday present for a hippie and color loving person and I know that she'll love the craziness of it.
I added five blocks of my own to make it a square quilt. The final size is about 55" x 55" and each block was originally 12" before seaming.
I used a brown sheet for the back, pink thread for the stippling and a lime green print from the stash. I quilted this myself on my Janome.
Now I'm just catching a few more peeks at this before I have to wrap it up and give it away.
I love it! I love the scrappyness to it. What a great job these ladies did, and you of course. I think you made the right decision but not adding the sashing between the blocks, really makes it unique and really scrappy.
Posted by: Cami | 10 June 2010 at 09:34 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! You have some killer scraps!
Posted by: Amy Hodge | 11 June 2010 at 12:34 AM
It's beautiful!! I love the bright binding!
Posted by: Tong | 11 June 2010 at 07:59 AM
Wow- it's gorgeous!!
Posted by: Georgia | 11 June 2010 at 08:08 AM
That really came together beautifully! The lime green binding is perfect!
Posted by: Anne | 11 June 2010 at 08:19 AM
love this quilt! those pink little squares and the bright binding are a perfect match!
the scrappy look is amazing! you lucky-hippie friend will be crazy with it!
Posted by: rosamaria | 11 June 2010 at 08:34 AM
It is so gorgeous. I can't believe you can give it away. You did such a beautiful job quilting it. I have the same sewing machine.
Posted by: Michelle | 11 June 2010 at 08:52 AM
Eeek! My favorite kind of quilt... bright and busy! I love the fabrics and the backing and binding are perfect. What a lucky friend!
Posted by: Melanie | 11 June 2010 at 08:57 AM
oh my goodness rebekah, what an amazingly stunning quilt! i love it!!
Posted by: melissa | 11 June 2010 at 09:13 AM
Love this quilt! The colors are just amazing!
Posted by: jenn | 11 June 2010 at 09:16 AM
this is beautiful! i think the scrappy and busyness is really fun.
Posted by: Nichole | 11 June 2010 at 09:51 AM
It is fabulous! I'm sure that it will be loved.
Posted by: MichelleB | 11 June 2010 at 11:56 AM
Truly gorgeous. What a lucky friend you have! I think I would keel over if someone handed me something as beautiful as that!
Posted by: Valerie | 11 June 2010 at 01:37 PM
Sigh, it's tough when quilts leave so quickly, eh? I always like a bit of time with them, then it's easier to part, and I LOVE seeing the quilts again at my friends'/relatives' places :)
Posted by: Christine | 11 June 2010 at 04:09 PM
I love it so much! How do you find the time to whip out these beautiful quilts?! Beautiful work as always.
Posted by: Oiyi | 11 June 2010 at 04:36 PM
This is gorgeous. I'm sure the recipient will be thrilled.
Posted by: Shannon | 11 June 2010 at 06:36 PM
They all came together so beautifully. I'm impressed!
Posted by: Jodi | 11 June 2010 at 10:22 PM
I love all those colors, beautiful!
Posted by: shannon | 11 June 2010 at 11:35 PM
i like the pieced top, but i LOVE your choice of backing/quilting thread/binding colors! nice work!
Posted by: abcgirl | 11 June 2010 at 11:40 PM
It's really, really pretty, Rebekah! Your quilting is always stunning.
Posted by: caitlyn | 13 June 2010 at 11:45 PM
So colour full and vibrant. I love it.
Posted by: Nanna | 15 June 2010 at 02:09 AM
Awesome! I love it!
Posted by: jamie | 10 October 2011 at 11:59 PM
I stumbled across your work while looking for inspiration. I loved this so much that I have reblooged your work here
www.ayearonthe make.com
Thank you for the inspiration.
Posted by: Mags | 23 April 2012 at 06:00 PM
Reblogged even! Oops!
Posted by: Mags | 23 April 2012 at 06:01 PM