Scrappy and Happy! You’ll Love This Quilt!

Quilter’s Name: Barbara Porter from Kansas City, Kansas

Name of Pattern: Happy Squares (Original Design)

Featured Date: 08-14-24

My name is Barbara Porter. I live in Kansas City, Kansas. I started quilting in 2017.  My quilt is 60”x60”. The blocks are finished at 3”. Each square is a square in a square, only my centers are not all square. You could call it a square in a square scrappy quilt. I call it Happy Squares!! There are 400, 3 inch squares in the quilt.

I am not a fan of scrap quilts. I have a lot of scraps that my Mother-In-Law had at the time of her passing (she was a wonderful quilter) and of course I have accumulated more of my own.  I set out to make blocks that would like each other. I wanted each block to make the block next to it shine. I made the blocks over many months. I then put it up on the design wall and for two months I moved the blocks around until they came together in a pleasing way. I wanted the eye to move and rest.

I wish that people could desire to make the person next to them shine!! I love this quilt because I see it as a HAPPY QUILT. I have made 149 quilts over the past 7 ½ years most I have given away. But this one I plan to keep!!

P.S. I have started a second one and that one I will give away.

Blessings,

Barbara Porter

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