I've had a serious thing for this gorgeous wool
Pia Wallen Cross Blanket for some time. It's a modern take on a classic
Swiss army blanket and has been trending for awhile in various forms from pillows to baby blankets.
For my next large scale project (and really my largest to date) I would like to tackle making a quilted version of the updated classic for our bed. I couldn't find a pattern I liked, so I had Jared set up a google spreadsheet for me to represent a 2" grid and ended up with this.
I would like to use the
solid black jelly roll I picked up in yesterday's daily deal (though I might need to grab another one.. I'm still running the numbers). It's a whole lot of tiny squares, but as long as I break it down into blocks I think I can do it. I'm not sure about the back. In a perfect world I would love to do the reverse (white with black crosses) but I have a tendency to get in over my head with projects like this. I would probably add a 2" border in black to this as well to give it a little room to breath before the binding. The full top pictured above is a whopping 80" x 80". *palm to forehead*
I HAVE to finish our wedding quilt before I start any new projects. So this will be getting in line after the wedding quilt and my triangle quilt. I'm still mulling over a lot of options for this, so it will give me some time to finalize numbers and practice some blocks. Stick around for updates and progress photos.
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