This Way, That Way Quilt - Victoria's Quilt #6

My latest Victoria's Quilt  is called This Way, That Way.  Not sure if this is an old quilt design with which I'm not familiar, so forgive me if it goes by another name.

It went together quickly and this is how I constructed it.

The quilt consists of 35 blocks and 2 ¾” border.  All seams are a 1/4".

Block construction:

Cut various prints 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ (A)

Cut various prints 4 ¼ x 5 ¾ (B)

Cut white 2” strip x WOF  (C)

Sew one square print piece (A) to one rectangle (B).  (C)

Sew a  unit C to each side of a 9 ½” strip of white being sure to put one side in the opposite direction of the other.

Row construction:

Sew a block with the white center strip horizontal to a block with the white center strip going in a vertical direction; and so on.   (As you can tell, I am not a pattern writer  and this may not be clear enough directions, so if you have any questions,  contact me.)  Most of you I'm sure will be able to figure this out by looking at the picture of the quilt.

The rows were then sewn together and I added a border. 

For Border:  Cut white 3 ¼” width

Sandwiched the top, batting and flannel backing.  I always use the Leah Day method for getting a nice flat quilt sandwich to work on.  Then with my Bernina walking foot I stitched in the ditch for the quilting.

Binding was hand sewn.

Colors of teal, green and gold worked very nicely together.

Bit of a Challenge

Here's is Quilt #3 for Victoria's Quilts for this year.  I decided to try to use as much of the contributed fabric as I could for the next Victoria's Quilt I was going to make. 

I chose a main fabric and went with that for colors.  As it turned out, even with my stash I couldn't quite get it to come together.

So, a trip to the quilt store - Mad About Patchwork - was required.  It wasn't a hardship that's for sure - I love quilt store visits.  

I was looking for some fabric that would work with what I had.  Once again, Katy came to the rescue and found  the brown and lilac fabrics.  

Not sure if this block has a special name, but I'm calling it Square in a Square.

This is a tied quilt (not my favorite finishing method) but in the need for expediency, I went with that.

Black and White Quilt

I have always wanted to make a black and white quilt. My opportunity came when I picked up some material from my local Victoria's Quilt group.   I saw some prints that I could work with.  

Now sometimes when I use material from the group, it may be hard to match. But this one worked out well.  I included several prints from my own stash and purchased some other prints as well.  And voila, another quilt is made.

This quilt is tied, but I prefer finishing my quilts with machine quilting. 

Not sure the name of this pattern, but I like the look and the yellow stripe down the center of each block makes it pop.  

                             
 

As Victoria's Quilts has asked for more quilts that would be more suitable for men, I thought this one would fit the bill.