Easy Quilts: A New Magazine Review
Brought to you from the publishers at Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting this new magazine claims easy projects that are “quick - simple - fun”. Good news is I really liked most of the projects in the magazine. Bad news is I really like most of the projects in the magazine which means I bought it but I promise I’m going to actually make something out of it.
Some of the projects inside quilts and wall hangings as well as pillows, a table topper, a unique purse, baby quilts and a notebook cover. Some of the techniques used include strip piecing, rag quilting using flannels, bargello, and steps for bead embellishing.
One of the 28 projects inside that made me really inspired was “blocks in a box”. A super easy strip pieced block is the basis of this simply elegant quilt. The designers used a varietyof off-white prints to surround a red square. I decided to try this using all blue fabrics around a black square. I 
have 4 blocks done as shown in my photo. I plan on using a variety of blue fabrics to give it more of a random look while maintaining a monochromatic style. I have never used much blue in my quilt projects but this simple pattern with the exciting prints, I believe is going to make an elegant bed covering that won’t take me forever to piece. Now, actually quilting it will be another issue all together.
Now, that I’ve been inspired, maybe I should change my magazine challenge to this project. I didn’t get very far with my other one and I won’t have to think as much with this one. Just making these 4 squares didn’t take me long at all. Plus, I have some other ideas for using this square but making them smaller for small projects such as tote bags. What do you think?
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October 12th, 2007 at 7:51 am
This is a great block I haven’t ever done it, but I see it all the time and it is very effective. I’m thinking it would be a good way to use up the big fat quarter collection I just purchased. Hmm….
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
[...] be quilt-related except for maybe a tote bag or two. Though, there are a few easy projects in the “easy quilts” magazine I just picked [...]
March 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I am trying to find the pattern from Fons & Porter Easy quilts, called “Blocks in a Box”
Fons & Porter & E-Bay do not have the magazine.
Please help.