Original Design by Paula
I have a friend; her name is Paula Morrey. Paula designs a lot of her own projects. Most of what I’ve seen is based in pop culture. While her patterns seem simplistic with their delightful 8-bit design, there are varying levels of complexity with her execution of said designs.
Then few nights ago, she sent me an image of her next creation’s base pattern. I was tickled with the idea and asked if she minded if I used her base pattern. I had an idea. Her original plan was for this to be crocheted, I was curious to see how it’d turn out in fabric. After getting her permission, I promised to make sure she was given credit for the pattern I was about to use. I do not have permission to post her base pattern; nor will I ask for it.
The first thing I did, once I had time to really go over what she’d come up with, was decide what my overall finished project size would become. From there, it was a matter of accumulating the fabrics and start cutting. Paula’s layout was easy to follow and I’d hoped it wouldn’t take too long before I could start assembling the squares.
In one day, I had 600 squares assembled into 6 blocks. 
What you can’t see from the photos is that the red has a darker red all-over swirling design printed on it. The “white” is actually a white mini fern print on a cream/ivory background. Both ‘read’ or ‘look’ like solids until you get close enough to see the detail. The black has a 2″ metallic gold circle printed all over it. It’s the luck of the way I cut the fabric squares that allowed the weird design to show up.
The next day, rather than make 10 x 10 square blocks, I decided to do the last third of the design as one large rectangle. 10 rows of 30 columns of squares. It was at this point that I decided not to take any more photos until I had the main design done and assembled. Paula’s pattern turned into this design
This is where Paula’s design stops. I have a 60 1/2″ square design to add borders to before quilting and binding. Given what I have leftover for fabrics, I’m debating about putting a black narrow piping around this, and then add a 3″ or 4″ border.
I did add a 5″ border, but decided against the narrow piping. After quilting this, I wasn’t happy with how the border looked. I’ve since cut off the borders. I still have to add the binding and label to this quilt. I will update this post with pictures of the completed quilt at that time.
Why Fibre Ninja... Partly because it's a neat name, and mostly because I can work with so many different kinds of fiber and craft mediums. I do a lot of different kinds of needlework and create even more things using those skill sets. I like to make things. I grew up in a household that firmly believed in "make do or do with out". If you could make it, all that much better. I come by my skill sets naturally. Or, if you prefer, my dad was a mechanic and mom was always doing some sort of needlework. My grandmothers, on both sides, were pretty handy with needle crafts, too. What skill sets I didn't grow up using, I learned. Some of skills were self-taught, while others I was fortunate enough to have friends help me out. I don't kid around when I say books are some of the most important tools a person can have. If you're willing to read and figure it out, you can teach yourself how to just about anything. Speaking of getting to know me, here are some basics, I've been - Quilting since I was 20 - Crocheting since I was 5 - Knitting since I was 38 - Bobbin lace making off and on since I was 32 - Embroidering since I was old enough to be trusted with a sharp needle and scissors - Tablet/card weaving off an on since I was 42 So none of this has been a "flight of fancy" for me. I'm not saying some of things I've made haven't been for the pure joy of "why not?" Because, let's face it, if it's not fun to make, why do it?