Cheese Crackers, a finish . . . . .

So here are  my pieced cheese crackers.

And here are those blocks set on point and in the finished quilt top.  I'm amazed how setting the blocks on point changes their look, for the better!

Piecing this top was a breeze, creating a pleasing and random setting within each block was my only hurdle, but I always struggle with my fabric placement.  I used yellow, light orange, medium orange and dark orange fabric.  I used around the same amount of each in each block.

This is Lifetime Quilt Number 160 

The pattern is Cheese Crackers from the Simply Color Orange book by Vanessa Christenson

My top finished at 53" x 53" (the pattern is bigger, it finishes at 74" x 74".)

There are approximately 536 pieces.

This is the beginning of my orange phase!

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Seeing Orange . . . .

Remember when I blogged about these Simply Color books by Vanessa Christenson?

And how I loved this pattern from the Orange book?

I decided to make it!

I'm making my Cheese Crackers smaller, but going with the same number of hsts per block.  I have a place where I'll want to hang this quilt so smaller works better for me.  I love making hsts and enjoyed making every one of them.  I used V and Co Orange Simply fabric plus a couple of orange prints by Carolyn Friedlander.   Making the hsts was easy, arranging them in a random yet eye pleasing setting was something else!  I spent an entire afternoon rearranging the first block.  Eye pleasing random is harder than you think.  

I expect the rest of the quilt to go together very easily and quickly!

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