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I love it! I have "kitchen" fabrics I've bought thru the years. Maybe I'll try this?

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Originally Posted by BeeNana

I really like your quilt. When I looked at the picture and squinted I could see the design that you spoke of. Great scrappy.

In the lower right hand of my screen I have a mag glass and 100% with a down arrow-left click on it and you can change your zoom level. At 50% zoom you don't have to squint :wink: Increasing the zoom level will allow you to see things a little closer too! Ctrl O changes it back to 100%!

Okay back to the cute snowball. What a great idea! Like how the HST in the corners are less busy while they frame the busy snowballs. How wide are the snowballs? I would love to "steal" this idea if I may. I can see this done in a lap quilt for someone in a nursing home as an adult "I Spy"! Thanks for sharing.

From the closeups of your blocks, I didn't think I would like it and then I saw the whole top. WOW! I am always amazed at what combinations of fabrics/colors do to change the whole quilt. Great job and great eye for seeing the potential.

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Originally Posted by oksewglad

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Originally Posted by BeeNana

I really like your quilt. When I looked at the picture and squinted I could see the design that you spoke of. Great scrappy.

The snowballs are 6" finished. I chose this size because I didn't want to work with anything smaller than 2". I used the 'wasteful' method of doing the HST's. By that I mean I cut 2.5" squares for the corner pieces; aligned two sides of the small square in the corner of the 6.5" square; sewed across the diagonal, and trimmed off the corner (leaving the 1/4" seam allowance, of course). So I have a large pile of little triangles that are headed for the trash, unless somebody wants them.
It really is a great (yet traditional) block to use for the I spy idea.

I love the scrappy look :thumbup:

Love scrap quilts and that is very scrapy. Very pretty

Really like this scrappy look. Very nice job.

i have to say it turned out just great for fabric with no future!

I love it. WTG it is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by jdavis

I had several "country" prints that seemed to have no future in my stash, so I decided to make a scrappy snowball quilt. I figured it might not be the prettiest thing, but would certainly work for a picnic blanket.
The first pics are semi-close-ups of some of the prints. Some had auditioned for kitchen or laundry room curtains....a couple actually made it.
My first layout was completely random, and I didn't like it. I am much happier with the final layout. If you take a step back, you'll see there is a square (set on point) of light colored blocks centered in the quilt, and the dark colored blocks are arranged a bit like X's around that light center square
I like it better than expected, but now I'm in a pickle regarding the quilting....but I won't whine about it here.
Thanks for looking!

Snowballs work for assorted prints-------as you proved so well.