Updated February 23, 2021.
This charming pattern is a great way to use up those bits and pieces of yarns while stitching something that’s great for a boxtop or to put inside a Sudberry trivet.
The quilt block is called Wedding Day. It features a light blue background, stitched here in two similar colors of crewel wool. Cream or white diamonds (I used Ty-Di’s Just Cotton, no longer made) and smaller diamonds stitched from scrap threads.
The block has Cashmere and Scotch Stitches. You can substitute Cashmere Stitches for any pair of Scotch Stitches outside the cream triangle. This will keep the project lively. You can also switch the stitch direction of any Scotch or Cashmere.
I used the two colors of crewel here to give the feel of a print. While in a quilt the background would be solid and the scrap squares prints, the colored squares are just too small to show variation in color without wasting thread. By using two different threads in the background, I kept the quilt portrait from being dull.
The setting of the quilt is 3 blocks in each direction. On 18-mesh canvas, the finished size is about 5.5″ square. To make it larger, add borders or additional blocks.
The chart for one block is below.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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