Shards

"Shards" is a quilt made from the scraps left over from Prismatic.  If a prism was broken, the resulting pieces would be called "shards".  Thus the name of this quilt was born.  Shards is made of pieces of Prismatic. (I wanted this to be a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law, but I didn't get it finished in time.  Almost!  It was close.  I will send it next Christmas. She will still love it!)

Because Shards is made from scraps, I don't have a pattern.  My vision is to have it be like a charm pack quilt (using 5" squares of scraps, and white.) Alternate the white and colors, on point, with smaller 9-patch blocks around the perimeter of the quilt.  The mock up below shows what I have in mind, although I'm not a fan of square quilts.  I'll add some rows in there to make it longer.

 

And so I start cutting scraps, and white fabric, making 5" 9-patches, and "Build the Quilt" begins!  

I will also need an outer border, so I audition fabrics but choose leftover pieces of Prismatic's backing fabric.  I have nice long sections that were trimmed off Prismatic when I pinned it. Perfect!

Block by block, diagonal row by diagonal row, the quilt grows longer and longer. This is going to be beautiful  but it doesn't use up all the scraps!  I might have to make another one of these!!  LOL

The quilt is pinned and ready for the long-arm.

Finally, the quilt top is finished.  I really love these colors! This is one of my favorite quilts.  I know, I know!  I say that for each and every one of my quilts!