Raspberry Dessert is the name of the Quiltmaker's Scrap Squad quilt #2 for 2011. Mine doesn't look anything like raspberries though. I had a purpose in mind when I started this quilt. It was to be a wedding gift for Dan's niece, Annie and her husband, Josh. The colors in their home are aqua, teal and brown.
I started out with some ideas in EQ
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and decided on this one:
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I used 5 different teal fabrics (3 FQs and 2 half yards), 2 medium browns, 4 dark browns, and 2 cream prints. Not nearly as scrappy as my 1st Scrap squad Quilt, is it?
All cut and ready to begin sewing:
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Here it is coming together on the design wall. I'm really liking it at this point.
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The finished center. This is as far as the pattern in Quiltmaker goes.
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But I wanted mine to be queen size, so I auditioned some borders. When I chose the borders, I planned to do custom quilting, but changed my mind at the last minute. And here is the finished quilt
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Raspberry Dessert was designed by Julie Herman of
Jaybird Quilts. She is very talented and you'll spend a long time on her blog. Be sure to check out her
patterns. She has generously provided a pattern for each of the Scrap Squad Members to give away on our blogs. So, leave a comment on this post by midnight Friday, April 1 (no fooling!), telling me what colors you might use in this quilt. I will draw a winner on Saturday, April 2nd, in the morning. So, come back and visit then to see if you have won.
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Also, Quiltmaker will have a fabric giveaway at
Quilty Pleasures so, go there and leave a comment as instructed to be entered.
Check out the other Scrap Squad members quilts. They are stunning!
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