single girl finds a friend

the easiest way for me to cut into my liberty fabrics for the single girl quilt was to cut strips first. most of my liberty projects use 2.5" strips. i find if i stick to this size, then i always have pieces ready to go for the next project when inspiration strikes. i have also used 3.5" and i think a few 4.5" strips, but most recently i find myself cutting at 2.5". 

so, that's what i mostly did for this project. 

after piecing the first single girl wheel, i realized i'm going to have a whole lot of leftovers. and especially after cutting one or two strips off each of the 30+ fall prints i'm using for "single girl," i realized just how much fabric i have here in fall colors. and i knew i needed another project for these fabrics.

after my first single girl sewing day, as i was getting ready to sleep, i looked over jolene's "a year of quilts" book. the beatrix potter colored nine patch quilt from the fall section of the book caught my attention. an idea was formulated.

the idea was so good, i decided to go back to the sewing room and try it out. i putted around down there, did some calculations, made a choice, and paired these two beautiful fall colorways of "theo" and "capel" for a set of nine patch blocks from 2.5" squares.

they are so darn cute!

i paired off the rest of the fabrics and then finally went to bed (waaaay too late).