Buried Treasure--Strip Sets

It's a good idea to sort one's sewing room every so often.  It's amazing what can be found stashed away!

These strip sets were buried in a box in my sewing room closet.  They were leftovers from a quilt that my daughter made many years ago.

 

It was definitely time to do something with them.  They would be perfect for a lap quilt.  

The strip sets measured 6 1/2" long.  I decided to put them inside cream-colored squares.

The cream squares were cut 4 1/4", then cut in half diagonally.  The center of the long edge of the half square triangle was marked, as was the center of the strip set.  The center marks were matched up to stitch the strips inside the squares.  Once both sides were stitched, the block was pressed and squared up to 4 1/4".

I had seven sets of 6 blocks of the same print combination.  But not all of the strip sets were the same width.  I experimented a bit with the best way to set the blocks together--even tried a pinwheel design.  In the end, to my eye, diagonal rows looked the best. 

The blocks were set 6 across and 7 down.  With six of each strip-pair block, the order of the rows worked out just right!  :)

More buried treasure was found in my closet--enough fabric in my stash for the borders.  The gold fabric was cut 2" wide; the green fabric was cut 4 1/2" wide. 

 

The finished size of the quilt top is ~34" x 38".   It will be a cozy little lap quilt!