Because quilts take so much time, I looked for something new to try that didn't involve me calculating a lot of math. I'm not typically opposed to that (math is my all time favorite subject) but I knew it would take much longer if I had to do that part too. So I basically just did exactly what Sew Katie Did quilted here in her cross quilt. I even decided to use the same type of quilting she used in her quilt because that is another part of the process that takes me a while. I used light blue thread to quilt this, so it's a little hard to see.
I cut the pieces a little differently, too. In addition to all those squares, I used some rectangles so I wouldn't divide up the larger prints. Katie had a link to this tutorial here by her friend Meaghan, so I used Meaghan's tutorial to cut my pieces.
I found all of these prints at JoAnn's, and many of them are of them are by DS Quilts including this backing. I used just this print for the back.
I chose to bind the quilt in red to pull out the red from the backing as well as a few of the prints on the front. I really like how the red pops, especially against this green.
This was my second attempt at machine binding. I usually enjoy hand binding, but in the interest of time, I utilized my machine. It took about a quarter of the time. With this second attempt, I researched how to do it first and it really worked out well. I used the method described by Red Pepper Quilts, but I think Crazy Mom Quilts has a good one, too, that's just slightly different.
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