“Splash of Color”

by Shelley Knapp 

“Splash of Color” is an original design and was inspired by using left over ½ inch square triangles. Not knowing what to do with them I asked a quilting friend. She showed me how to make the star blocks. I used the court steps as a secondary block for the body of the quilt. After making a few blocks the quilt started to take on a life of its own. With each additional block I made the quilt would go in a different direction. Playing with the color and the blocks was very exciting and rewarding in the end. By using the stars in the corners and the tradition log cabin block for the border it allowed me to try something different for the quilting. The quilting in the outer border looks like a big splash to me, hence the name “Splash of Color”