I'm making a baby quilt or throw as an example for my scrap class. It's very easy to make; I think I've made 8-12 blocks so far. I'm making the blocks scrappy, but sticking to one color family per pieced box and a lighter square in the center. I'll also include a few "negative" blocks, where the boxes are lighter and the squares are darker.

Photos will follow on this thread when I am able to get them.

Teresa

Yippee Teresa~I can't wait to see the pictures :)

I've seen this concept used in a sort of free form, too. Have a medium/med light and a dark square (10" or so). Make a 'slice' a few inches in from each side (can be varied), swap the middle piece and sew together. You have a negative and positive....This is AWESOME in deep sea shades of Batiks.

SharonG/FL

I made this quilt last year. VERY easy.
I would post a pic if I knew how.

Here are a couple of photos of my Boxed Squares blocks:

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I have found it helpful to cut out 4 blocks and pin the strips together and leave them by my machine. Then, when I have a few minutes free, I can sit down and sew them quickly.

Teresa

This photo is a little over-exposed, and I've shown it before. But I just love this quilt. It's all done in batiks, and I did use just two fabrics for each block.

Here is a link that might be useful:

Teresa, Great idea to have the pieces by the machine ready to sew. Could also be used as leaders and enders. Nice looking scrappy blocks!

Mary, Lovely quilt!

SharonG/FL

Mary, your quilt is lovely and would fit in many bedroom decors.

Teresa

Here's one version with a double box

And another

I love all the squares. Good use of left over fabrics, too.

Robbi

I love all of them and Mary's setting it on point just gives us more ideas. Thanks for showing us. Teresa, the scrappy look is a great item for your class and will work well.

Yeah, I'm a sucker for on-point settings, LOL!

On my boxed squares quilt I used overlapping circles for the quilting - I was trying out my circle making tool for the longarm machine.

Here is a link that might be useful:

Like all the squares & double squares.Has anyone done the quilt that uses boxed rectangles & squares....all of diff sizes? I understand how to make the blocks...but not how they're put together.

I started sorting through my scraps yesterday, looking for already-cut strips in the size I needed. Then I ironed them and started going through the fabric stash today to find more. I've almost completed cutting and sorting by colors and values what I picked out. I really like that circular quilting pattern that you used, Mary C. I might do that. I think I'll stick to doing them with only 2 colors per block, but haven't decided if I'll stick to the same color family within each one. I really like the batik one in that website but I can't afford to buy those, I'm using my stash, only a handful of batiks in it.