Scrappy Siblings

Last summer, I wanted a couple of easy projects to take to the beach with me, something easy, quick and portable. You know, the quilty equivalent of a trashy paperback for beach reading. I grabbed some charm squares from my stack of scrappy charms, along with a big stack of yardage for the background.

I used a couple of (borderless) variations on my Double 4-patch tutorial. Whenever I'm not sure what to do with a charm pack, it's one of my go-to patterns.

I can't decide which version I like better.

 

Don't make me choose.

I finished up the quilt tops late last summer, but it wasn't until THIS summer that I pulled them out to baste and quilt - it took all of one night to quilt both of them.

 

The backings came off the sale rack at Thimble Pleasures, one of my favorite places to score reasonably priced backing fabric.

Now the quilts are on their way to kids with Durham Foster Care.