One of my 'GO TO' patterns is my take on Bento Boxes. I find that the blocks sew up really fast and with leftovers...you can create another quilt. Kinda like a BOGO (buy one get one)...sorta.
I lay my contrasting 3.5 inch strips right sides together, iron then cut. I actually lay the two coordinating blocks out by my machine and sew them at the same time.
pattern inspiration: Bento Box
There is lots of information on 'Bento Box' quilt pattern if you Google Search or even Pinterest, if you dare...
Linking up with:
Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
and
Cynthia at Oh, Scrap!
2 comments:
Great idea. Do you precut a lot of 3.5" strips? I tend to cut smaller sizes and seldom have what I want in the correct size. But, thinking about doing semi-monochromatic quilts makes so much sense to me. I may have to pull out my old pattern for half log cabin blocks. Fast, simple and could really do a job on some of my colors. Red overfloweth as does blue!
Blue and green is such a soothing combination. I made one Bento Box with narrower strips....time for another!
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