Originally Posted by
carslo
I had a project to make scrappy quilts out of my scraps. It took about 6 weeks to make the quilts and now I am in the process of quilting them. There ended up being about 17 lap size quilts. A co-work commissioned these two for her twin nieces. It is a variation on the court house steps. I took orphan squares(blocks) and started each square with them. Then I added on to each side. No specific colours just oh so random. The recipients were delighted.
Like the idea of starting with an orphan block and building around that. I have a large box of orphans that have been given to me. Good way to put them to use. What wonderful ideas we all have on the Board!