My Leftovers Quilt

These are the blocks that I have on my design wall today.  When I was reading my list of blogs a few days ago, I went over to Ellen's blog, Little Jewel Quilts.  I love her scrap quilts.  They make good use of her scraps and many have strong diagonal lines that create a secondary design. 

Here is the link to Ellen's Leftovers quilt at Little Jewel Quilts.  The original pattern for the Leftovers Quilt came from Lori at Humble Quilts.

My blocks are made the same way as Lori's and Ellen's are, except that they used full squares where I have the white outlines in the photo below.

 I have 2 bags (2 1/2 gallon bags) full of 2 1/2" strips and have been looking for a scrap quilt idea to use them.

 

So I made the Leftovers Quilt block using these 2 1/2" strips.



If you have lots of 2 1/2" strips and would like to make this block here is how:

You will need:

One 2 1/2" strip at least 27 inches long (red in the photo below)

One 1 1/2" strip at least 14 inches long (black/dark fabric in 4 patches)
One 1 1/2" strip at least 14 inches long (white/cream/light fabric in 4 patches)

From the focus fabric cut:
2 pieces 2 1/2" X 6 1/2"
2 pieces 2 1/2" X 4 1/2"
2 pieces 2 1/2" X 2 1/2"

Make 4 - 4 patches from the black and white strips using your favorite method.
You can see the layout in the photo below. 

If you plan to chain piece several blocks at once, you can just make 2 of each unit below. 

I'm sure this isn't an original idea, but I wanted to include cutting instructions in case you have lots of 2 1/2" strips and want to make this block.

I like the quilt design without a border.



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