More Easy Blocks from Layer Cake Squares

This is the latest quilt made using my Pickup Sticks pattern. It's 49" x 49" and it's been in the works for several years. (That means it was a UFO all that time . . .)

Pickup Sticks using the Shoreline Collection by Windham Fabrics

Here's a photo of the blocks on my design wall. It's a simple pattern that uses 10" squares in sets of 4 prints. NO TEMPLATES! (Hint: a freezer paper guide helps.) They're stacked, sliced and then shuffled. Thin strips of 1" inserts are added. Some tilt left and some tilt right.

Pickup Sticks blocks

I ran out of fabrics along the way. My thin inserts are not as uniform as I wished!

I first made this about 15 years ago with a set of batiks:

Stained Glass Pickup Sticks: 54" x 64"

I went on to make several others. Click those links and you'll see them. I'm going to get this quilted and donated to my local quilt guild's charity endeavors. The fabrics are full of fun prints of crabs and beach chairs and happy colors!

It's nice to think of the beach on a Winter day. For me, there are mounds of snow and ice piled high on the roads outside. Brrrr!