My First Kaleidoscope Quilts

Here are my first tries at making kaleidoscope quilts. These two are 4 patch quilts made with some funky fabric that came from who knows where and ended up in my stash. It wasn't the kind of fabric I would normally use for a quilt but it was a large print, so I figured for the first try they would work and I wouldn't be out an expense if they didn't turn out very well. I've found out since making them that they are favorites of my grandkids.

In this first quilt I only had enough fabric to make 8 blocks so I just cut a block from the actual fabric that the other blocks were cut and pieced from and put it in the center. It seems to work okay I think and it's interesting to see the unique designs that came from the fabric along side the actual fabric.

My prize kaleidoscope is one I made using a 6 patch block and some beautiful large print flowered pattern fabric. This is not quilted yet nor bound, but you can get an idea what it is going to look like from looking at the top which is now finished.

The colors in this quilt are black, white, pink, and green. They are really quite pretty but it was hard to get a good photo of this entire quilt that shows the colors up well because I have to get back so far to get the whole quilt in the photo. This is a twin bed size quilt.

Here are a few close up shots so you can see the cubes better.