When I saw the announcement for this Blog Hop I knew I wanted to participate and even what I was going to make. It was predetermined!
Right?
Wrong!
I had my fabrics pulled and pattern printed. Then I’m not sure if it was Covid Brain or the squirrels visiting me again but things changed. 🥴
I had been cleaning out my scrap bin and using my Accuquilt cutter and dies. While I was doing that chore, fondling the bits and pieces, and remembering the other quilts I had made from those fabrics my mind started wandering and wondering.
I pulled out my treasured stash of batiks. Then I started calculating and playing:
and sewing and cutting some more:
Finally the blocks started to make me do a happy dance.
I did have to adjust the size of the blocks for the borders since I had miscalculated my measurements. Finally I had a finished top and the sun cooperated today so I could get some outdoor pictures in spite of the wind.
So my blocks became boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes! Boxes are square so it fits with the theme of the hop and these past two + months have seen quite a few of us having crazy mood swings and feeling off kilter so the blocks had to be offset!
“Boxed” was born of my thoughts of what our lives have become under a world pandemic and wondering what life will be like in the next months and years while we recover and hopefully do not see more spikes and waves. 😷
This will be one of my donations for the Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge 2020 hosted by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
I will be sending my quilts to Victoria’s Quilts Canada. They prefer to get flimsies, binding and an extra block to make a presentation bag with. They have a wonderful group of volunteers that take donated backing, batting and the top to quilt and finish it.
Have you checked out the other blogs that are posting today?
May 21
Do check out their posts and show some quilty love by posting a comment or following their blogs. They have some amazing projects to share.
I’d like to thank Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for hosting this hop and allowing me to participate.
Thanks for stopping by to read my post. I love getting comments and respond to each one! 😄 Carol
ps. Next hop I’m participating in will be Stitching Sunshine June 22-25, hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks.
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Quilt Schmilt 
Beautiful quilt! Love the combinations of your colors. And the name of your quilt is so perfect! We have definitely been boxed up for the last few weeks. Thank you for sharing your beautiful quilt.
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Thank you Charlene 😉
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Very cool!
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Thank you 😄
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What a perfectly wonderful quilt – amazing that you are donating it. Love all the squares and the ‘in the box’ blocks are just perfect. Very cool.
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Thank you. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
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What grand fun, to have those little bits and bobs lead you to making Boxed! I love it. The quilt has such a fun quality, with those little boxes dancing on the top! This will bring much comfort and joy to someone, Carol!
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Thank you Wendy. It was so much fun to make that I might have to do it again so I can write the pattern! 😉 Carol
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Oh my goodness, let me have brain fog as creative as yours. This is gorgeous! What a fun way to play!
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Thank you Joan! It was too much fun! 😊 Carol
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Brain fog has definitely been a problem for most of us, but you pulled off an incredibly quilt in spite of it. I love all the batik colors and how they combined to make such a beautiful quilt. Thank you for sharing and being a cool blog hopper!
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Thank you! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it
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Beautiful and colorful “boxes in boxes in boxes” quilt, I love it!
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Thank you Anita 😊
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You were my second stop on the Hop today. Gorgeous blocks sewn into your quilt top! Boxed, even off-kilter, totally fit the theme. What a wonderful donation for H2H, as well.
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Thank you for your sweet comment 😊
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Oh how I love quilts with bright colors like this.
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Thank you so much 😊
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Carol,
What a beautiful scrappy quilt! All squares!
I think you nailed this blog hop challenge!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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Thank you Gail. It was fun to make 😉
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Definitely happy dance worthy. Beautiful piece for a great organization.
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Thank you Selina 😊
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You tamed that group of lovely scraps into a lovelier quilt! Those many squares make for a lovely quilt!
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Thank you Kathleen 😊
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Hi Carol! I love your interpretation of this pandemic in a quilt. Boxed is just so fitting especially with the off-kilter setting. I am certain someone will really enjoy this and it’s great that they take extra blocks to make a presentation bag. ~smile~ Roseanne
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Hi Roseanne. Thank you for your lovely comments. It is a wonderful charity and having a pillowcase that coordinates with the quilt is a great idea I think. 😊
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The boxes look like they are all doing a happy dance! Thank you for sharing.
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They were having fun dancing around. 😉 Carol
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Love all the colors in this! And it does kind of capture the feeling of being boxed in at home, with feelings ricocheting off the walls of layers of boxes. Great quilt!
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Thank you. Glad you liked it!
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Thank you for stopping by and your sweet comment 😁 Carol
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Wow – I love your quilt! You had me when you first said batiks – they are just the most gorgeous fabrics! Thank you for inviting us to visit (waving, from a fellow Canadian).
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Thank you for your lovely comment from cloudy cool BC! 😉 Carol
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