I made one for my nephew's graduation. He plays electric guitar- like a pro, so I chose that theme for him. A novelty print with electric guitars, some flames, a piece of Beatles fabric, because he wore a Beatles T-shirt in some of his graduation photos. After those were chosen, I went to my stash and chose solids and nearly solids in prints that didn't scream girly. When it was all done, I quilted flames on it. Quilting flames was possibly the fastest and easiest quilting I've ever done. I finished the throw size in about an hour.
Since I was working from scraps and remnants from my stash, I found that 1/4 yard of yardage doesn't equate a fat quarter based on the way the directions specify cutting. I had to get creative to use up my pieces. It was scrappy, so it didn't really matter. As far as using 30 for the queen sized, I'd say that more variety will be better, each block has 11 fabrics in it, so it is challenging to lay out without having the same fabric touching.
Hope this is helpful.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 12-23-2015 at 03:55 AM.
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