A few finishes early in the month

I hope you had an enjoyable 4th of July. We had storms so we stayed home and watched World Cup soccer games. Of course, I found some time to quilt. Today we got up to cooler temperatures - at last! It's been way too warm. 

You may know about my big clean out/use it up fabric thing. I am trying to make lots of quilts (maybe 40) this year to use up leftover fabric. I'll have more space and more quilts will be donated. Win-Win!!!

Early on, I decided to cut some 8.5" squares from leftover backings and pair with something complementary. After kitting fabric for 3 - 4 quilts, I decided that I would call them Simply Squares. The number of these are growing and I have 3 finishes to add.

The first is Simply Squares - Black with Colored Dots and Orange. The first picture is indoors and it doesn't look like orange.

This photo, taken outside, shows the true colors and some of the quilting.

I had this backing, a turquoise fabric, in my stash, and I recently bought the exact same fabric for more backs.

It was so nice to get some photos outside. It's gorgeous today although the grass was still wet when I was taking photos.

Size:         56" by 56"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Autumn #50172

                 back - Lt Turquoise #32975

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Double Loop

Simply Squares - Red and Blue with White Dots is one of the larger quilts in the series at 56" by 72". The amount of fabric I have is dictating the size.

You can see the quilting in this photo.

The back almost matches the red on the front, and it has tiny blue dots in a grid pattern.

This is my favorite quilt from today's quilts but it and the others will all be donated.

Size:         56" by 72"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Blueberry #30281

                 back - Cardinal #70001

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Large Loop de Loop

Simply Squares - Black with colored Rings and Yellow has a surprise turquoise back.

You can see the quilting here. I enjoy doing loops and it makes quilting these quite fast.

Size:         56" by 56"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Lemon Ice #80607

                 back - Lt Turquoise #32975

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    String of Loops

Am I getting tired of the Simply Square quilts? Sometimes, so I just switch and work on something else. There are lots of works in progress..