When making Carolina Christmas and Oklahoma Backroads you can either toss the triangles trimmed from the blocks, or you can sew an extra seam and have tiny (finish at 1 1/2″) half square triangle (HST) units. I picked the latter and have a shoe box full of them.
But what to do with them? One suggestion was to make an Ocean Waves quilt – which is also on Bonnie Hunter’s website Quiltville.com. However, since half of my squares are pink and white and the other half are simply light and dark, I can’t visualize my pieces as an Ocean Waves quilt. So, I keep tossing my HST into the box waiting for inspiration to strike.
Then this morning while I was looking for something on Quilter’s Cache I found my inspiration. The Depression Block.
This is what I came up with in EQ. I think I’ve found my next new quilt project.
Oh My Gosh…how cute is that?????
Can’t wait to see it.
I love this pattern too and must remember it when I have lots of HST to use up.
Hugs Jan Mac
Aussie
I like your quilt idea a lot. Good use of half square triangles.
Lovely, what a great idea!