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Friday, August 20, 2010

A quick Google image search ofBento Box style quilts revealed much inspiration, in particular this Flickr Imageof a Bento Box quilt pieced entirely from Katie Jump Rope fabrics. Although I don't have a pattern for this quilt design, it didn't take long to work out my own dimensions and technique.

The overall concept is really quite simple. Piece two the same size blocks in the manner of a square in a square block layout. Reverse the fabric/color combination in the second block.

Carefully cut blocks into quarters and re-arrange. Sew blocks back together again.

My center squares were cut as a 5 inch square, and all the border strips were cut 2.5 inches wide. All seams were pressed away from the solid white fabric which makes piecing the blocks back together again a whole lot easier. The finished block size is 12 inch square.

The quilt top measures 60 inches x 72 inches

For this quilt top I have made 15 sets of blocks - a total of 30 blocks - a lot of piecing, although all very straight forward. My choice of fabrics for this quilt are a selection of Katie Jump Rope, Flea Market Fancy and some Kei Honeycomb Dots in brown, orange/red and yellow; a combination a little outside of my comfort zone.

You can also piece it as a 1/4 (or is it 1/2) of a log cabin. Start with 1 square, add the first 2 logs & then instead of adding two more logs arounf the initial square add the last two logs to the sides as the first 2 logs... That is my plan anyway...

You did it again. A great choice of a quilt pattern for the fabric. Katie Jump Rope is my favorite pattern and I've been scouring the stores looking for it. I think I'll try to do a swap from my large stash. You're quilt looks so clean and crisp and I like you always feel that the white just brightens everything up.

Super cute quilt!!! I recently made a Bento Box out of some Pat Sloan fabrics. I recently found some Katies Jump Rope fabrics in my cabinet. I think it's a fq packet so if you ever find that you need a piece or two, let me know, I'd be happy to share with you :)Peggy in NJ

I saw a quilt at a show here last year that used just those colours in KJR, in a bento box pattern too. But they didn't use the white. This is a totally different look.(It's the last photo in this post.)http://naptimequilter.blogspot.com/2009/06/heritage-park-quilt-show.html