I was in the mood a couple of days ago to work on a small quilt, so I poked around my EQ8 files and chose something pretty simple. Today's Friday Night Sew In gave me my opportunity to finish up the borders.
This was my original design, but I decided the colors were too stark. I wasn't in the mood to make something that was just white and black, so I added red to the design. I also decided to make the blocks smaller. According to BlockBase+, the name of the block is The Anvil. It was published by Nancy Cabot in the 1930s.
I ended up changing the border from my original design because I cut out too many of those triangle pieces. That's what happens when you just start cutting strips without doing the math beforehand. The new border used most of the extra white triangles.
It's a little funky, but it did use a bunch of fabrics I've had in my stash for a VERY LONG time. One of the white print fabrics was dated 1991. And most of the red and black fabrics were from my scrap bins.
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That's a really interesting design. And, it definitely looks good with the addition of the red. You did a great job with that outer border -- the corners look terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Double and triple-checking the math took me a while, but I think it was a worthwhile effort. Now I get to figure out what's next. =)
DeleteA very striking quilt with a great colour combo. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! It was fun to make such a quick project.
DeleteFirst of all, I love the dragon in your sidebar :) Your quilt is beautiful, too!
ReplyDeleteYeah, he's my favorite. I have several of them.
DeleteSuper great quilt!! I think all the adjustments to your design just made the finish even better!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteVery effective design for black & white - red is a favourite of mine for popping with the black & white.
ReplyDeleteGreat addition, red made a great difference.
ReplyDeleteRed is always great with a black and white quilt..
ReplyDeleteYour border choice is perfect!
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