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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Prepping for more scrappy goodness


In between quilting and the ho-hum chores of daily life I've been cutting scraps for the next easy scrap quilt.  The Podunk Posy I designed a few days ago will be the hardest part, and she's not hard at all!  Just to prove it to everyone, I'll be posting a tutorial for my Podunk Posy next week.  And there's more....I'll also post tutorials for the rest of the quilt as I make it, sorry no PDF pattern this time.  The quilt is so simple I think most of you could make it without instructions.  Keeping things simple has been the theme so far this year, so might as well just keep on rolling with it.  I came up with an idea but couldn't decide on the corners of the quilt.   So why not just share all three patterns!


PLAN 1 
with baskets in the corners.  The baskets are from a previous tutorial that can be found here.


PLAN 2
Butterfly corners, this block has a smaller version of the quilt block in my Flit and Flutter quilt.  I'll be sharing the pattern for this block as well.


PLAN 3 
checker board corners, this was my original idea for this quilt, but I can't have just one plan now can I?!


The finished size of the quilt is 72 x 72 and has over 300 2.5" squares.  

So which Plan is your favorite?

~ Lea Anne ~

51 comments:

  1. I love your tulips! I like both baskets and butterflies! Either alternating corners or baskets on the bottom corners, butterflies in the air or top corners!

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  2. You tulip block is gunna be a stunner :)

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  3. I love the baskets in the corners. Those lovely colors are really tempting me to make it, but I have to many already waiting in queue and not enough time to make them. I will enjoy watching your progress. I love your work. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. I like the butterfly option. So cute! I think the way they are angled makes your eye travel around the quilt.

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  5. At first I thought the baskets but then saw the checkerboard - that's my favorite. I like the way it ties in to the center. Such a cute quilt!

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  6. What great quilt! I love each and every one of your quilts. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talents once again. :)

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  7. I like the checkerboard the best. It's also the easiest for me. Beautiful spring colors. It's really cold here, but warmer weather is promised for the weekend.

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  8. I vote for #3 but they all work.

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  9. What a fun, happy quilt! My favorite corner block is #1 (Baskets) with #2 (Butterflies) coming in a close second. :o)

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  10. I like Plan #2. Love this quilt!

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  11. The butterflies is my choice though I almost always gravitate towards basket designs.

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  12. Yep I love the butterfly corners, your quilt is going to be super cute!!

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  13. Butterflies definitely! I love the sweetness and summer feeling of this design!

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  14. Definitely the butterflies. I particularly like the scale of them and that they are angled out toward the corners. I would like the baskets also if they were angled, with the bottoms toward the quilt center and the handles toward the outer corners.

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  15. I like the baskets! Love the quilt!

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  16. I love your tulips. I love the baskets but it looks like the butterflies are winning.

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  17. I like all of them! Why not mix the butterflies and baskets? Two corners butterflies, two corners baskets. Problem solved! Looks like it's going to be lovely any way you choose.

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  18. PH gosh this will be so cute. I'm voting for the butterflies!

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  19. All about the butterflies......SEW excited!!!!! XXXX

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  20. So I am thinking Baskets in 2 corners and butterfly in the 2 cross corners unless you come up with plan 4 and then there can be a different block in each corner?
    Seeing these this morning just made me grin!

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  21. I prefer the checkerboard corners the best then the baskets!

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  22. I love the butterflies in the corners - goes so well with the posies!

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  23. I love the baskets--a little unexpected but lots of fun! Although I tend to work with darker colors, I really enjoy seeing your designs--so cheerful and happy. You have a wonderful stash of fabrics!

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  25. I don't have a favourite....I like them all! Looking forward to seeing your Posey tutorial next week, as this quilt is definitely going on my "to do" list.

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  26. Sorry, had a typo and tried to fix. Anyway, I like 1; 3 and 2. Can't wait to make this one! Love your colors! qltdiva1@fuse.net

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  27. I love the butterflies! This looks like such a fun quilt--and the flowers aren't that complicated but so cute. You are absolutely right, anyone can do it.

    And I love your motto of keeping this simple this year--why complicate things when you can be simple and no fuss, right?

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  28. I like option 1!!!! The butterfly's are cute too....

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  29. I'm a Libran and true to type, find it hard to decided these things, so I'm going to say 1,,,or maybe 2,,,but then again I like baskets,,,,but the butterflies are cute...Useless aren't I? LOL

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  30. I like the baskets best, though it's cool that you have different options. It's going to be very pretty.

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  31. I like the butterflies. They give a little more "blank" space in the corners that I think works well since the quilt is fairly busy.

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  32. Hi there Lea Anne,
    I love, love the butterflies…they really tie the quilt together with their suggestion of movement!
    Quilty Huggs,
    Jacqueline in Pitt Meadows
    Come check out my blog:
    http://www.quilt-sewhappy.blogspot.com

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  33. I really like option number one, the baskets. Any one of the three would look really nice. Good luck on choosing just one option!

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  34. I'd have to say I like the baskets the best. I don't know if they are shown to scale, but I like the way they anchor the quilt and fill the corners. Having said that, I think any one of the designs would be great.

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  35. Why limit yourself - make all 3 quilts - I love them all - I love the baskets, but I also love the butterflies and I love the checkerboards - either I am easy to please or I just love them all. I have a gazillion 2.5" squares so this would be perfect for my squares. Thank you for the ideas and tutorial.

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  36. I like them all so I'm no help. Maybe the butterfly though. I need to make this!

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  37. I love the butterfly and the baskets. Obviously will need to make both variations.

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  38. What a smashing quilt. And as usual, I'm so tempted to start. And for me the butterflies are the best.

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  39. I find your quilts to be so fun. I like them all but I would do the corners - baskets! You have such a flare for color and simple design that tugs at my heart. I love seeing what you do and am inspired. Thanks!
    Jules

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  40. Am sooo excited! Cannot wait for that super cute posy pattern! Love the baskets with them.

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  41. Am sooo excited! Cannot wait for that super cute posy pattern! Love the baskets with them.

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  42. What a great use of scraps. Plan 2 is my favorite.

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  43. Love all three! I probably would make the butterfly quilt. I might make them all too! LOL Thank you for sharing all these with us.

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  44. Baskets -- no doubt about it. What a great plan.

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  45. Number2 my best fav.Your quilt will be fabulous!

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  46. Love this! I see you are a fellow Hoosier! I'm about an hour southwest of Martinsville. Do you have a shop or just do this for yourself?

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  47. I love this quilt. How did you make tulips?

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Happy Stitching! Lea Anne