b.zang

My boss gave me a gift certificate to the LQS and I went in with frivolity on my mind and bought something I've never used before. A couple packages of blue Bali watercolour wraps, which are 7" charm squares. In the back of my mind I was thinking of a quilt in which the colours blend into one another with a gradual shift overall, but don't have a pattern and can't find one. After a couple days of fruitless searches, I'm here looking for help. What would you do with the set? Do you have a link to a pattern suggestion? How are precut squares handled? Ah, the fun of exploring something new.

Here's a picture of what I have:

burchquilts

OK, number 1... what a great boss you have! The only patterns I know about would be for 5" charms. But I can't see why they wouldn't work for larger squares, too. Look on the Moda site at their Bake Shop. There also is a really neat pattern for pinwheels made from 2 squares that might work. I'm not sure where it is here on the board but I just saw it. Maybe in the "links" part. These squares of yours are awesome! You chose well!!! Let us know what you decide to do with these beauties!

Jim's Gem

Yummy colors!!!! What a great gift from your boss. Whatever you decide, it will be beautiful!

grma33

These are sure pretty!
Check out this pattern link you might like called cotton rainbow
http://www.cozyquilt.com/Aspx/SearchResults.aspx

Gale

irishrose

Find a barely blue background and do a Carpenter Star/Wheel. Whichever name you call it, it'd be gorgeous.

Prism99

I would balance out the cool blues with warm pinks in a similar graduation from pale to dark. You could do a lattice with those two, possibly similar to the "pleinweave" one on this page (scroll down to find it):
http://quiltinggallery.com/2011/02/2...modern-quilts/

willferg

I have a similar set, and I was thinking of cutting them in half and doing coins, alternating with gray or maybe black. I don't know if I have the same brand as you, but I went ahead and soaked mine first, and two of the darker blues bled and bled and bled. Just a friendly warning!

kristakz

I bet you could adapt the blooming 9-patch pattern to what you described (colours blending into each other). Although a 9-patch isn't an ideal block for a 7" square as a starting point.

costumegirl

Lucky you!! You will definitely have lots of fun with these colours!

I had bought a number of tonal blue batiks with a similar idea in mind so I will be watching the variety of suggestions given here . I wanted to do a pattern that was like rippling water from one corner of the quilt to the other - just as if a stone was dropped into shallow water and the ripples rotated out to the deeper depths.

MaryAnnMc

Those sure are beautiful! While I can't suggest a pattern, I do have a an idea for you. If you can't find a pattern for 7" squares, you might take 2" off two sides. That would give you matching strips for a log cabin later, and patterns for 5" blocks are everywhere. It's more work, but you would get to use those beautiful pieces twice.

Whatever you make, we want to see it!!