After quilting all day long for others, it is sometimes not so easy to find the motivation to work on my own projects at night, especially when they require paying attention. Mindless chain piecing on the other hand can be quite relaxing, and I always have scraps at hand to turn into donation quilts. I started this quilt using my favourite scrappy pattern last summer and was surprised how fast I finished the top. Sneaking it into the quilt line up on the other hand is sometimes a bit tricky. I managed to squeeze it in at some point, and this quilt has already been donated to our guild’s We Care program. This morning, when I put the border on the next scrappy donation top, I realized that I had never posted pictures of this one, so here they are.

4 responses to “Another Scrappy Donation Quilt”

1. Irene Baetz says:

   January 15, 2021 at 2:33 pm

   Greetings
   Does this quilt pattern have a name..very lovely
   Regards
   Irene

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   • Beatrice says:

     January 15, 2021 at 2:45 pm

     Irene, it’s something that one of my German friends came up with. There isn’t a pattern that you can purchase. I’ll try to explain, maybe you can figure it out by just looking at the pictures. You alternate light and dark fabrics and always press the seams towards the dark fabrics. I put it together in rows, I find that easier than looking for blocks. The big squares are 4″ squares (including seam allowance, so 3 1/2″ finished size). The small squares are 2″ squares, the rectangles are 2″ x 4″. This means you can just start with 4″ squares and cut them into the smaller pieces as needed, without having to worry about seam allowances. They will fit together. You can actually do this with any size squares… if you start out with 5″ squares and cut them in half or quarters, you can put it all together without having to worry about the math.

     This might sound a bit confusing but just take a few 4″ squares in light and dark values and give it a try. It’s super easy, and you can make the quilt as big or small as you want to. I hope this helps.

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     • Irene Baetz says:

       January 15, 2021 at 3:00 pm

       Thank you so much.
       Have a great weekend.
       Regards
       Irene

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2. Susan says:

   January 15, 2021 at 5:16 pm

   That looks great and will be so welcome wherever it goes.

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