My Christmas “Cobblestones” quilt is complete! And I love it. It is so interesting to look at; the various holiday fabrics keep my eyes moving around the quilt.
The idea for this quilt stemmed from a YouTube video on easy scrap quilt blocks by Karen Brown (Just Get It Done Quilts). After showing a sample block or two to the BOM group I facilitate at Sew There! Quilts and More in Angier, NC, the ladies decided we should have a block exchange. The first exchange was blocks with a light center square and a dark frame. The second month, we exchanged blocks with a dark center square and a light frame. By making and exchanging an even number of darks and lights, we could alternate them in our quilts. Most of us made extra blocks with reds, greens, and Christmas or winter-themed prints so we could make lap quilts instead of a wall quilt or table runner.
I assembled my blocks in a 7 by 9 grid, alternating light and dark blocks. Tip: I turned every other block 90 degrees so I didn’t have to match seams.
My friend, Kathy, set 80 blocks in an 8 by 10 grid and did not add borders. Paula is adding a label to her quilt that lists all the participants’ names. Valerie will finish her project as a wall quilt to hang near her front door. In years to come, our quilts will help us recall the fun we had sewing together in 2020.
For backing, I chose a candy cane ticking inherited from my mother. I expanded the width with a green tone-on-tone, extra “Cobblestone” blocks, and red sashing.
Simple, curvy quilting with light tan thread draws the angular blocks together, and a black and white polka dot binding finishes the quilt nicely. I am pleased and amazed that such an easy patchwork design translates into such a cozy quilt! (You can read about the beginning of this project here.)
Thinking about making a “Cobblestone” quilt? If so, what color palette will you use?