More Baby Quilts!

I am very happy with how the quilt made using the unusual block turned out.  My version ends up with blocks that are 10 1/2 inches before sewing together.  It is made up of 4 in squares, 4 1/2 squares that I use to make half square triangles, and 5 in squares which I use to made the quarter square triangles.  I will be making more of these as I have lots of squares in ll these sizes.  I showed the basic block in my last blog post,

  

This quilt and the previous one are the same as many others I  have done as I have lots and lots of black and white prints.  The blocks are very simple - made up of 3 in finished 4 patches and 4 3 x 6 finished strips, half dark and half light.  I found out the hard way that you have to be careful to add the strips in exactly the same way each time and I ended up with mirror images in the next batch I was doing!  

This is kind of an "I Spy" which is why I blew it up a bit.  Again, I used many of thpse 5 in charm squares that I  have accunulated.  I try to be really good now about cutting up any leftover backing fabrics into squares.  I do squares with this type of fabric as it generally is highly patterned and not great for strips.  I cut solid substitutes for the most part into strips  This keeps the random scraps to somewhat of a minimum. 

Each of these baby quilts is 40 x 40 are are distributed to the Neo-natal unit at the local hospital,I am also working on some larger quilts which go to various charities,  I contributed 4 quilts to the Hurricane victim out in western North Carolina,  

I have also finished a challege wall hanging for our quilt guild challege -- triangles.  I call my "Somewhat Obtuse" and will post it after it is shown -- it is a secret for now!!