since i can’t crochet, and i’m really coveting a granny square afghan, i figured the next best thing is to make a granny square quilt.
i was recently in a rainbow charm swap at sweet diesel designs and had a pretty stack of 5 inch square rainbow fabrics. i added a few of my own and then cut them into 2.5″ squares. and i cut some coordinating solids….
to the design wall…
i had high hopes of making it a true rainbow granny square quilt, with each block being adjacent colors of the rainbow. i tested it out….
and i wasn’t crazy about it. for one, i had 8 colors, so with the plan i was working with in my head, it would have to be 8 blocks long. to be normal proportions, that would have to be at least 6 blocks wide. at about 8″ per block, plus sashing, that was putting me at about 62″x82″. and i am ready for some smaller quilts. i have been making some big ones lately. so, i decided to scrap the rainbow idea and just match up some color combos i like and make a bunch of blocks and see where i go…
here’s the first.
Like the red and aqua!