Seascape Quilt

Today I'm sharing the second blue-green quilt in a series of three. Last summer, I started pulling fabrics for a blue-green quilt for a Christmas gift and when I started to take stock of those fabrics, I realized they were busting out of their bins so I went looking for projects that would whittle them down enough to make the lids fit. I figured if I was already pulling all these fabrics, it would be more efficient if I cut for multiple quilts. I posted more about the origins of these quilts HERE. 

I just finished the first quilt last month and I posted about it HERE

This one is made of framed square blocks. I didn't use a pattern, just started with a 5" center square and framed them with 2 1/2" strips.

                                

 I made 110 blocks and set them 10 x 11.

It looks washed out against the blue tin, but that's the only place I've got  to hang a quilt this size. At 85" x 94" it'll be a good picnic size. It'll also fit nicely on one of the beds in a guestroom, but I generally just keep a cream spread on the guest beds and lay a folded quilt across the foot of the bed. 

Jackie and Sandy quilted a pretty design called Bora Bora across it. 

I backed it with this fun wide fabric I found online

 and pulled this teal green from my stash for the binding.

I love the way these blues and greens play together

There is nothing blue or green in our home, but goodness, I had so much fun sewing with these! And I really like this simple design - I think it shows off the fabrics so nicely.