Ideas Needed - Quilt pattern

[Juliadlf]

My daughter would like a throw size quilt done in blue and gray tones. Her couch is a deep navy blue. I'm going into brain freeze trying to find a pattern which is not all flowery and will be simple to do. Suggestions?

[Carrie J]

Batiks would do the trick nicely. Have you checked any of the tutorials for like a Zipper quilt, Two-by-Two, any of the simple jelly roll patterns?

[Mimis-quilts]

google quilts...you will find tons of inspiration

[GinnyKNC]

Sometimes a simple strip can be very pretty. Various widths on strips etc.

[Hulamoon]

I love this one. you could add greys to it. I bought a layer cake to make it already.

[Grandma Nan]

I love this one. you could add greys to it. I bought a layer cake to make it already.

Lorie what is that pattern. Its beautiful.

[Hulamoon]

Lorie what is that pattern. Its beautiful.

I don't know.I found the picture but there is no tute for it. I was just going to use my dresden ruler and off set and wing it. lol

[Grandma Nan]

I so envy those of you who can wing it. Not me. I have to have a pattern for everything.

[Claire OneStitchAtATime]

To make a block like Lorie's, you can stack four layers of different fabrics, and then use your rotary cutter & regular ruler to cut it at random -- three cuts, at random angles. Just be sure that none of the pieces are too narrow for seam allowances. Then sew together with one piece from each layer -- so for the first block, leftmost piece comes from the top fabric, next from the second fabric, next from the third fabric, rightmost from the fourth fabric. Since you cut them at the same time they will fit although you will need to square up the blocks. I saw a pattern like this in the 2014 June-July issue of Quilter's Companion, an Australian magazine, although they cut curves freehand, not using a ruler.

[Hulamoon]

To make a block like Lorie's, you can stack four layers of different fabrics, and then use your rotary cutter & regular ruler to cut it at random -- three cuts, at random angles. Just be sure that none of the pieces are too narrow for seam allowances. Then sew together with one piece from each layer -- so for the first block, leftmost piece comes from the top fabric, next from the second fabric, next from the third fabric, rightmost from the fourth fabric. Since you cut them at the same time they will fit although you will need to square up the blocks. I saw a pattern like this in the 2014 June-July issue of Quilter's Companion, an Australian magazine, although they cut curves freehand, not using a ruler.

Thanks Claire! I think you might of said before when I showed it. Some of my UFO's are simple so I may add this in there this time!