b.zang

I want to make quilts for some students who are graduating high school. Our school colours are green and yellow. Along with lots of fabric in those colours, I bought lots of this printed fabric and have no idea about how to use it. I think my brain went "wow, fabric about school; it must be a sure fit" but in spite of many attempts, I can't come up with anything. Mostly I guess I want to use it because I have it. Maybe it will go on the back.
There are lots of super creative minds around, maybe someone has an idea for graduation quilts.
Thanks so much!!

meyert

Would this work for them? I have used this pattern several times with good results

http://www.maryquilts.com/quick-strippie/

ArtsyOne

Meyet beat me to it. That's exactly what I was going to suggest.

QuiltE

Some ideas ....

* Leave it as is and use it as your backing.

* Use it as a large panel on the front, with some borders around it.
Depending on how much work you want to put into it, your borders could include the school name or initials, year, mascot name (or pic) etc. Or you could quilt those details into the border fabrics.

* Similarly, you could cut the printed strips apart, and put other fabrics between them.
Or those inserts could be pieced sections such as flying geese, etc.

Chester the bunny

You could maybe do some rows of books in between, using bright colors and a white background, embroidering the names of books from the school.
https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/11...s-quilt-block/

SuziSew

Make a row of blocks using the school colors and put them between each of the rows.

AVFD215

I like Meyert’sidea first.
You could cut the prints off and use it as a border.
Mike

b.zang

Thank you for the ideas. Just the start I needed.

MadQuilter

Disappearing 9-patch would work too.

sheilar

Just what I was thinking!!