Economy Quilt

And so I started the year with joining an 'Economy-block-along' on Instagram.  I couldn't resist after seeing so many fantastic economy blocks popping up on my instagram feed.

This is my first quilt for 2014 - I love using up remnants and scraps that I can find in my stash to produce a quilt that is, to my surprise, turned out to be rather lovely.

I have used Rita's tutorial from Red Pepper Quilt and though it is time consuming with the constant trimming, it worked wonders to get all the blocks in the right size which made it super easy to put it all together.  I love this method because the blocks are trimmed to the correct size and it causes less heartache when putting the quilt together.

A simple green squiggle backing fabric is used to balance out the playful quilt top.

I have used the remaining of the 'Modern Bliss' fabric from the commissioned quilt that I did last year plus the scraps that I received from Amanda from Westwood Acres Fabric and some other fabrics I have in my stash.

A white solid farbic is used as binding.  I wanted something simple to frame the interesting play of the fabrics within each blocks which I thought worked effectively.  I am beginning to love solid fabric as a binding option at the moment.  I have also quilted this quilt on a diagonal to keep it simple and to avoid adding too much detail to the already playful quilt top.

Here are more photos of the quilt in better lighting:

Quilt facts:
Size: 40" x 50"
Quilt top fabrics: Remnants from Modern Bliss fabric bundle by Andie Hanna for Robert Kaufman, scrappy remnants from Westwood Acres, Pezzy print in Orange and Red, Stella Dot in White/Pink, Potted Spring Orange by Jason Yenter, Woodland in Pine and Assortments of Grey fabrics from Westwood Acres Silver Tarnished bundle.
Backing: Ready, Set, Colour! Green Squiggles by Crayola for Quilting Treasures
Binding: Kona White Solid
Batting: 100% cotton
Machine quilted

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