Quilt Shot Block #27 ~ Happy New Year Variation

12 ½ inch block

Basic pattern from:

One quarter of the 9 inch block

Then I tried to rearrange for a different variation.

Decided to go with the pattern given.

Then I messed around with the design again.

I wished I had done the following:

Done the following instead.

Wasn't crazy about it after I got it together.

It was only a 9 inch block, so had to add borders to go with my 12 inch collection.

Didn't quiet have enough fabric of any one color.

So I used 2 and still had to piece one of those. 

Can you find the pieced border?

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A REAL Scrappy Quilt- Part 3

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A REAL Scrappy Quilt- Part 2

EnJOY the RESULTS!

So I continued to meet & sew the side of the strip until it became almost a square.

 Keeping in mind these quilts have to be rugged to last on dirt floors and warm for a cold night, in these quilts we use old blankets or flannel sheets instead of batting.

Amazing that I devised a plan NOT to meet corners and it happened in some places anyway.