Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The beach ball quilt


It's that time again! Time for the Another Year of Schnibbles Parade!

We could choose anything we wanted for the July project and since I've been wanting to make another Bennington quilt, it was the perfect choice!

 I pulled out those colorful Lucy's Crab Shack charm packs and got to work.




These prints are just amazing!  Bicycles, big colorful flowers, fun dots, numbers, names.......Sweetwater put it all in.  I have to say I love the prints with the names.  Both of my sons' names were included, exactly how we spell them and only a few inches apart.  Love it!!  

You know I'm going to put plenty of that fabric on the back.....and of course I bought a little extra too.  

As I mentioned in a previous post, I did take the liberty to rename this quilt Beach Balls.  It was just hard for me to think about using these bright, beachy fabrics to make snowball blocks, so I'm calling them beach balls.  Our beach ball has been well used this summer.  Actually, we've gone through a few!

Edited to add - Oops!  My bad!  These are bowtie blocks not snowball blocks.  A quilt with snowball blocks would look similar,  but it would have a single piece of fabric in the center of each block that resembles a snowball with triangles added to the corners. Oh well, I think I'm going to stick with the beach ball name since these reminded me, obviously, of snowballs. Please excuse the slang too........I have teenagers. Teenage boys. Slang, smelly socks, and lots and lots of food.  Lots of food.  Enough said.    

By the way, have you seen the giant beach balls they have at Target?  So cool! After we got one blown up, we were wondering if it would even fit through the door so we could get it outside!
  




Here's a few close ups of the quilt so you can get a better look at the fun, beachy prints.

I used the multi-colored dot for the inner border, and I fussy cut some of the colorful flowers for the corner squares to add some more color.......as if there wasn't enough! 

 I was just going for a fun, bright colorful summertime quilt.




Don't forget to view the parade this week by visiting both Sinta and Sherri.  It's sure to be a fun one since there will be such a variety of quilts on display!

I'll be here, waiting on the edge of my seat, to see which of Carrie's designs is on the calendar for August!  


18 comments:

JoAnne said...

I've been waiting to see this since you teased about it earlier! I love it! I especially like the fussy-cut corners. That is something I would do. Great job!

Vroomans' Quilts said...

Love the quilt - have yet to play with this fabric line. The blocks are actually 'bow-ties', but guess it is how you look at it. I can't wait to see what the next pattern is - hope it works for the fabric I want to use.

carol fun said...

Love it! This is such a happy quilt- great combo of fabric and pattern!

Izzy said...

I love it! Such beautiful fabric and the perfect pattern to show them off. I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with this month! The ones I've seen so far are gorgeous!

Denise in PA said...

I chose Bennington this month too! What a great use of Lucy's Crab Shack - looks terrific!

em's scrapbag said...

This is so darn cute!!! Love it!!!

Leah said...

Just lovely! I love this fabric line myself and have some of it sitting on my table. Great pattern for these fabrics. And Beach Balls sounds like a perfect title for it.

Nicole said...

Beautiful project. Bennington is a pattern that is close to my heart, and I don't think I have seen a version I haven't loved. Your fabric selection is right on the mark! Very nice project!

Carol said...

It's wonderful! Awesome fabric and perfect name! LOVE it!

PunkiePie (Jen) said...

LOVE!!! And I too love the name print fabric because my Punk's name is on there. :)

Terry said...

I love your beachball quilt! It's just so bright and summery! :0)

Cheryl said...

Very beachy! I like the bicycle fabrics in the background.

Needled Mom said...

How funny! I never realized how much the bow tie and snowball blocks looked alike.

It is gorgeous by whichever name it is!!! Love the fabrics.

Houseelf said...

Yes what a fun fabric range. You have done an excellent job on the quilt.

Linda said...

Awesome Bennington!!!! Great choice of fabric! I like how the darker blues really make it sparkle!

Candace said...

What a wonderful version, Michele! I love your fabrics and how you placed everything! Neat that your sons names are in the fabric, too! I submitted our town name, too, and it got on in big letters! Have fun with all those big beach balls!
Cheers!

Candace said...

What a great quilt and I love the name "Beach Ball", it's perfect for the pattern and the fabrics.

Jodi said...

I love this! Very busy and happy!
(Thanks for commenting on my beach/umbrella mug rug!) I guess we both have a beach on our minds!