It's All About Red - and White and Blue by Diane C

Project QUILTING Challenge #2 is done!  I had to finish early since I’ll be on my way to the Road to California Quilt Show tomorrow!  Yay!  So, here’s my entry:

PQ 10.2 It’s All About Red—and White and Blue.

It was fun creating a pieced project.  I received my free pattern from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing on Sunday morning.  As luck would have it, I had chosen “Summer Tomatoes”.  At first, I didn’t think about the fact that it was a pattern that used THREE colors.  Once that concept made it into my brain, my next thought was, “Well let’s take a look and see if it will work.”

So I looked briefly at the pattern, pulled some fabrics, and then spent the day watching the football playoffs.  (A girl’s gotta have more than one hobby.)  In the evening (I’m in California) I took a longer look at the pattern.  Overnight I spent some time imagining how I would orient the blocks (I’m sure you all understand), since Marcia’s pattern has them turned in all directions to give the quilt an improvisational look.  I wanted something with a bit more “order”, so my color placement is intentional and I didn’t offset the stripes as much as she did, creating a piece with a center square and diagonal red squares. Can you guess that red is my favorite color?  Inspired by “Summer Tomatoes” by Marcia Wachuta, here’s “It’s All About Red—and White and Blue”.

This quilt finished at 18” square.

Thanks, and keep the challenges coming!

Created by Diane Crawford

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