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Karen Brown Stashbuster #2 Completed

I gotta tell ya, it feels good to have an easy, quick project from start to finish!

This pattern will look great in just about any colorway I should think. That makes it very versatile for using up stash!

Karen Brown Stashbuster #2

*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

I quilted it with an all over star pattern; nothing fancy.

Karen Brown Stashbuster #2

There was one leftover block and it is incorporated into the pieced backing.

No orphan blocks here!

This quilt measures about 47″ x 53″.

There is a link to Karen’s design in my previous post:

This quilt is already gifted – another feeling good moment!

Have fun and carry on!

Karen Brown Stashbuster #2

In keeping with my desire to clear out some stash, I decided to try Karen Brown’s Stashbuster #2 pattern.

Karen calls it beginner and fat quarter friendly, easy, and fast.

She is right!

I cut the fabrics and made myself a kit over a month ago, so that I could just sew when I was ready for a simple project.

Karen Brown Stashbuster #2

*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

The weather has been gray for days and I could stay home, so I decided that I was ready.

This makes a nice baby sized quilt. It could also be a table topper, and makes a great charity project as well!

Karen Brown Stashbuster #2

This winter, I just might cut some more kits from a couple of Karen’s Stashbuster patterns!

Have fun and carry on!

Airplane Quilt Block

I have been practicing my drawing and designing skills using Electric Quilt and Nancy Martin’s calendar for my tools and inspiration. Nancy Martin CalendarLooking back, I can see lots of personal growth.

However, the Airplane block was a bit of a drawing challenge for me.  It is not done with an obvious grid.

Airplane Quilt Block

But I conquered! 

In fact, as I sit here, writing, and looking at the block, I realize that I may have drawn this the hard way.  Those bright yellow squares are now jumping out at me, and they would make an obvious grid to use as a starting off point.  Something I did not do (Why didn’t I see that when I was drawing?!).  LOL!

I started out with the EasyDraw worktable.  Mistake!  If you want to practice this block, choose the EasyDraw + PatchDraw worktable.  You’ll need the PatchDraw to draw the propeller.  If you forget, and use the EasyDraw worktable, like I did, you will need to copy your block and paste it to the EasyDraw + PatchDraw worktable. 

Thank you, Electric Quilt Genies, for making it possible to copy and paste entire blocks for folks like me!  I really didn’t want to have to redraw the whole thing!

And here is the quilt design that I came up with:

Airplane Quilt

All of the blocks can be found in Electric Quilt’s block library.  How cool is that?!