Strawberry Love

So you were probably as surprised as I, that after declaring I was starting the year planless, I would almost immediately start in on a strawberry quilt. I KNOW! But there's this little girl who has an insatiable appetite for strawberries, and I just couldn't resist.

Both the original block by Bec/Skyberries Handmade, and an up-sized block by Angie/Gnome Angel were offered as options for the introductory month of The Honey Pot Bee. I opted for the larger block (17 1/2" x 24 1/2"), making four very scrappy blocks for a grandgirl-sized quilt.

I chose Sprinkle in Jelly Bracelet from the Cotton + Steel Basics line as my background fabric, which just suited those scraps so nicely. And then for the back... oh goodness.... another Cotton + Steel print - Kimberly Kight's "Yours Truly" strawberries - totally won my heart.

A quilted grid with Aurifil's 50wt #2000 (beige) was a pretty obvious choice, plus a current favorite. 

To top things off, the strawberry print had a perfect little selvage to sew into the back. It couldn't get better than that.

Linking up with Finish It Up Friday.

Oh Strawberry

When I first saw the #strawberryblock posted for The Honey Pot Bee, I thought it was cute enough, but I had no inkling to actually make it. But little did I know that the more I saw strawberry blocks being posted on Instagram, the harder it would be to resist! Considering the Scraptastic Tuesday link had just gone up, I figured why not. It had been far too long since I'd sewn with scraps, and my basket is seriously overflowing.



The original block (7.5" x 10.5") was designed by Bec/Skyberries Handmade, and Angie/Gnome Angel up-sized it (17.5" x 24.5") as an option for the bee. I went with the larger block, and I daresay, I may need to make a few more.

Linking up with Scraptastic Tuesday.