April Showers- Lap Quilt

This Monday and next Monday will be quilt showcase days, then I will be all caught up.  I am a fan of Bonnie and Camille's fabric.  I think it really is the colors that draw me in but whatever it is, I cannot resist each new collection.  I used two jelly rolls for this quilt, and was inspired by a snowball quilt idea.

I started out by removing some the fabrics I didn't love, the ones with umbrellas were just a bit 1930's for me and the red gingham.  I liked the ginghams but the red just was too country I think, plus it would of put me one too many on the reds.

My next step was to separate into color groups and sew 5 strips of each color together.  Once I had all the strips sewn together, I went with 10" to cut the strips into blocks.  Why 10"?  I wanted larger blocks and then that seemed like the least amount of waste in a 42" strip.

I cut out several 2-1/2" white squares and drew a diagonal line in the square (corner to corner).  The squares were attached in all 4 corners of the 10" strip block.  I pinned in place, stitched down the line, cut off the excess, turned an pressed.  This was down for all the blocks.

I laid the blocks out on the floor and decided to go with a diagonal color placement. I am quite pleased with the new lap quilt.  This would be perfect using one jelly roll and making a baby quilt.  

 If you want to see the complete line of April Showers' fabric, head to this United Notion page