I spotted an easy blue quilt recently (at top) in American Patchwork and Quilting (June 2007), one I could put together quickly with the oodles of blues I have. I liked the geometric and modern look of it. In my usual excitement for starting quilts, I plunged in by gathering lots of blues and preparing them to take to the shop for cutting into squares, along with the neutrals for the corner squares. (Mine is going to be a little brighter than this one, with more dark teals and some brighter blues here and there for pop.)
So far it's easy and simple! I did go to the trouble of putting a pencil line across the middle of the neutral squares for straighter sewing lines. In the second picture you see the neutral squares stitched on and not pressed up yet. At the bottom you see how it looks when the square has been pressed up to the right corner. This top might actually get together this week!
AND here's the good part--I trimmed the back two triangles (one blue, one neutral) away to get rid of the extra bulk, so now I have a bunch of new blue and neutral triangles for another project. Saving more of that green stuff. . . $!
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