For those of you new to my blog, I am creating 200 quilts from my favorite quilt book, "Around the Block with Judy Hopkins". There are 200 quilt blocks in this book and I want to show the designs they make when you put the blocks together. Many times there is more than one design you can make with each block.
Block number seven is called, "Sunny Lanes", a very appropriate name. This block is time consuming but well worth it. You want to make sure you square up your sections on each seam you sew. Keeping everything square is the key. This is what the block looks like:
I had wanted to do a scrap quilt, but this isn't a true scrap quilt because I used the same 10 fabrics throughout the quilt. This is though a great pattern for a scrap quilt. I had fun playing around with the pattern as well. I originally thought I was going to have the pattern design as follows:
But the more I played around with it, I came up with a design I liked better. Here it is:
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There are over 500 pieces in this quilt, but it was well worth it. Here is my finished quilt:
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