My previous post about this quilt was dated 3/30/2025. The blocks had been a joint venture in piecing with the ladies of my Cut-Ups Group from our September get together. Each member made one or two blocks with red or gray or black fabric from their stash. This way there was a nice variety of the O colors. I asked the ladies to send along the O blocks intact without the four outer right angle corners trimmed. I trimmed those stray right triangles uniformly and made them into pinwheels to brighten the mood and give the quilt a whimsical tone. I assembled the eighteen blocks into five columns. The completed size of the O blocks quilt is 45" wide by 53" tall.
Since the quilt top was slightly wider than one usable WOF, I needed to piece the back. Three grays in an offset arrangement added interest. I thought a red, gray, and black combination would be too garish as a backing. I used the Handi GADGETS Swish Template to FMQ the quilt sandwich, creating a kind of mustache motif.
This Handi-Quilter video shows the template being used and other variations possible with it. The swish portion of the video begins one minute in.
The binding is alternating red, gray, and black fabrics joined to echo the colors of the O's. All that is left to do before donating
O's to community quilts is to add an AVQ label. Yay! I am happy and proud with this one.
What a fun quilt, and what a good idea for a small group! Limiting it to reds and greys still got you great variety, and your background fabric is perfect - avoids being yet another boring white, but still ties it all together without competing. I LOVE the scrappy binding, and you're right that grey is the "goldilocks backing" - not too garish, but shows the quilting off well!
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