Revisiting x and +

Back in March I participated in the For the Love of Solids Swap2 and made a large solid x and + quilt for my partner. You can check the reveal post here. Too long ago, I was asked if I'd share the dimensions of the quilt, and I totally meant to, but my note on the project got buried. So better late than never {I hope!} here's a recap of that project!

First off, this was my rough plan - 5 x and + blocks as the center of a larger x and + block, done all in solids.

Using the block tutorial by badskirt, I just scaled things down a bit for the center blocks, so for each, I cut:

For center cross
2 - 1 1/2" squares
1 - 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangle

For center edges
4 - 1 1/2" squares

For triangle bits
8 - 1 1/2" squares

For corners
4 - 2 1/2" squares

Each of the center scrappy blocks finished at 5" square.

Then for the larger block/quilt:

For center edges
4 - 5 1/2" squares

For triangle bits
8 - 5 1/2" squares

For corners
4 - 10 1/2" squares

The scrappy solid quilt finished at 25" square, and was bound with matched binding (a tutorial for straight-seam matched binding can be found here). 

I must say I still really love that x and + block!

If you do happen to make something inspired by this project, please feel free to add it to my flickr group, Quilting with A Quilter's Table.