What to do with the 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles I’ve been hoarding . . . choose the bright or juvenile prints and tone-on-tones and make a baby quilt!
Last year I won sport related fat quarters at my guild meeting. Two were of the same football print, so I pieced them together for the border. There are 16 blocks which use 4 “bricks” each, and I used 1/2 yard of tan “grunge” as light background. I pieced the blocks together as leaders and enders between making face masks. Each block uses 4 colorful rectangles and 2 2 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ strips of “grunge” sewn to both sides of the pieced bricks.
Finding appropriate backing fabric in my stash was a challenge. Nothing seemed the right size or color. After rummaging extensively, I came up with pieces of a green print leftover from backing another quilt; it is similar in hue to the green football print. I pieced more bricks together to expand the quilt’s width and added some scrap red strips to lengthen it.
For quilting, I chose the “Sports” pantograph designed by Dave Hudson (patternman.com). It features basketballs, baseballs, and footballs. Yellow binding makes a cheerful finish. Won’t some little guy love this quilt?