Crossroads Veterans Quilt

 This latest quilt is from the never ending box of scraps

from the Pineapple Bed quilt I made for my bed.

This quilt is the third quilt made from these fabrics

and I don't think this one will be the last one.

I had won a jelly roll pack of these fabrics a long time ago

and decided to use them to make pineapple blocks.

I quickly realized that I loved this color palette in

the  pineapple blocks and began to add more batiks to the mix,

including another jelly roll pack of these fabrics.

Once the pineapple quilt was finished,

I realized I had a lot of these 2 1/2" strips left.

Libby at Life on the Hill showed a quilt she had made

from a free pattern, Crossroads, by Free Motion By the River.

It was perfect for the leftover 2 1/2" strips I had.

These blocks went together so quickly and were so easy to make, too.

 

 

 

A quilt group in my area makes quilts for the local

Veterans hospital and they want the quilts to be 48x60". 

I started making the 12" blocks and soon had enough

for a quilt.... minus one block.

UGH!!

As I was looking through my box of scraps,

I found enough little pieces to make four 6" blocks.

That would work!

So, a little added pizzazz is in the corner of this quilt.

 

 

 

Backing was found in my stash

and it was quilted and bound last week.

Once it's washed, I'll give it to one of the members

of the quilt group for the VA hospital. 

 

 

I see other quilts using this block in my future!

It's a great block for donation quilts.

 

 

Happy Quilting!