Three-Yard Quilts

Earlier this year the up-and-coming world of 3-yard quilts came to my attention. In April at our earlier retreat, quilting friend Jan gifted all of us girls with a 3-yard book (there are several, so we each got a different one) and 3 yards of fabric. What fun! Several of us went to work on ours straight away. Click to this post to see a few from the April retreat.

Then when I attended the Circleville Quilt Show, I noticed that several vendors had the books for sale, and had combined a variety of fabrics into 3-yard groupings for easy and fast quilt-making. I bought one such grouping.

So, at this most recent retreat, I took a day to make a quilt. Yep, from cutting out to borders, this was one super-easy and super-fast quilt to whip up.

My original thought was to make a quilt that incorporated pinwheels, but that lightest fabric is a stripe, and I just couldn't make myself think about how I would be satisfied using a strip in a pinwheel, so I did some quick re-thinking and used the exact same design that my friend Sheryll used! 

This particular pattern is called Crossroads, and it worked absolutely perfectly with my striped neutral. I have all my stripes going the same direction with the exception of the inner border. Limited fabric (3 yards!) and borders - well, you know it's gonna' be okay.

Before we left, I took pics of Sheryll's and mine together. I just love seeing the same pattern used in a variety of fabrics. The difference the placement makes as well as the fabric colors is always so interesting to me.

Same pattern; two looks. If you are looking for easy, fast quilts to make, the 3-yard quilts are a definite way to go. She includes yardage for enlarging all the quilts, in case you prefer to make a full-size, queen-size, or king-size quilt. That's a nice little bonus.

It's Monday and that always feels like a clean new slate for me. I wonder what I can accomplish this week??

Happy Quilting, Friends!