Two colour quilts from Judy and Teresa

I can never get enough of a two colour quilt.  Blue and white, red and white, whatever the combination, the traditional two colour quilts are always in.  This first quilt in blue and beige/cream was done with half square triangles set in a barn raising pattern.

This next one was a red and white quilt, with a twist.  The reds go all the way from burgundy through to red, down to dark pinks and everything in between.  The setting is large and small four patches set on a diagonal to make columns of diamonds.

Both of these designs can be made in any colourway, including completely scrappy.  You can even start this as a leader/ender quilt and make the blocks as you go, while assembling your current quilt blocks.  

I challenge myself to always have something beside my sewing machine that I can use as a leader/ender.  It makes making a quilt so much faster.  You just keep sewing the pairs together and before you know it you have stacks of pairs.  I call this mindless sewing.  You work on you current project and when you get to the end of the row, instead of cutting thread, put a pair of pieces through the machine and leave it there.  When you start working on you next block of your current project, you just start sewing, remove the leader/ender and add it to you growing pile.

Try it!  You may be surprised how fast things get made.