Croquet 16-Patch

Happy Friday!
We'll start the parade of finished quilts off with this simple 16-Patch quilt made with fabrics from the Croquet collection by Denyse Schmidt.

I used this basic tutorial for the 16-patch blocks but modified it to make 12" finished blocks by cutting the strips 3.5" wide instead of 4". I bought 8 third yards and added in a 2 other DS prints from my stash to make 20 blocks. Quarter yards would have been perfect. You could get 2 blocks from each quarter yard with just a little left over fabric. It's okay, the extras were great for the backing.

I love the vintagey feel this quilt has. My pictures don't do it justice at all. The colors of this fabric collection are fun, retro and fresh feeling.

I fell in love with the 16-patch after seeing this one and this one. Both so pretty!

Croquet, anyone?

Here's what I'm working on today y'all!

Last week I went to JoAnns (I live too close to one now!) and got a 1/3 yard of each from Denyse Schmidt's new line Croquet when they were 40% off. I'm not sure if I love the fabric or the name of the fabric more! I have great memories of playing Croquet at our neighbor's when we were young, they were like grandparents to us.

The colors of this collection are great but when I got home I was worried they were a little too "granny-ish". Not that there's anything wrong with that! I decided to go with 16-patch blocks which are sooo fast to make. Now that I have several blocks made I think I'm really going to like it! It will have a great vintage appeal to it.