Wonky Short Strips or What To Do With Them! mini-tut @ post #30
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Wonky Short Strips or What To Do With Them! mini-tut @ post #30
I started out this quilt trying Karen Griska's fan style blocks, but reverted back to a wonky style and I love this type block better! Her method is to start sewing your strip 1/4" from the edge and go wider as you near the end of the strip or start off wide and end up narrow. I love the look of the blocks I did (3.5")! I didn't really care for sewing narrow to wide or wide to narrow consistently. I tried many different 6.5" scrappy blocks but settled on this one I call Wonky Short Strips. It was so fun to do and liberating! I really loved making these blocks!
My goal was a 36x36 quilt but it ended up near 45x60. I just couldn't stop! The most fun was the crazy patch border that gave the blocks some umph and used up itty bits at the same time! A friend gave me the animal panel I'm using for the back and will have 2 rows left over to use for something else. Some baby/child will surely enjoy this quilt! Hope you are inspired! Close ups are included! Here's the link to see Karen's Fan Quilt:
https://www.google.com/search?q=karen+griska+fan+quilts&rlz=1C1WPZB_enUS598US598&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_2zmU7CABdHgsATQ84LQCw&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=746#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=9APdiD6nDeYbyM%253A%3B4K6Z_P-B3fBaIM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Ffarm5.staticflickr.c om%252F4015%252F4526726369_4179342cfd.jpg%3Bhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fwww.flickriver.com%252Fphotos%252Fonl inequiltmuseum%252Fpopular-interesting%252F%3B430%3B431
My goal was a 36x36 quilt but it ended up near 45x60. I just couldn't stop! The most fun was the crazy patch border that gave the blocks some umph and used up itty bits at the same time! A friend gave me the animal panel I'm using for the back and will have 2 rows left over to use for something else. Some baby/child will surely enjoy this quilt! Hope you are inspired! Close ups are included! Here's the link to see Karen's Fan Quilt:
https://www.google.com/search?q=karen+griska+fan+quilts&rlz=1C1WPZB_enUS598US598&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_2zmU7CABdHgsATQ84LQCw&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=746#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=9APdiD6nDeYbyM%253A%3B4K6Z_P-B3fBaIM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Ffarm5.staticflickr.c om%252F4015%252F4526726369_4179342cfd.jpg%3Bhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fwww.flickriver.com%252Fphotos%252Fonl inequiltmuseum%252Fpopular-interesting%252F%3B430%3B431
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