Tutorial Tuesday: Scrappy Japanese x and +

Well after what seems like forever, I am finally putting up my next Tuesday Tutorial!! Yay! Today's is featuring Amy of Badskirt's tutorial for a scrappy Japanese X and + block. I saw this tutorial months ago and just fell in love. I love it by itself and in a whole quilt. I decided one night after staring at it for months, to just go ahead and make it. And I did. And it felt wonderful! Plus I think it turned out pretty well ;) I entered it in a contest over at the Quilting Board Forum, so I had to wait for that to be done before I could show it. Here are some pictures for you! *Warning: Pic Heavy*

I went a picked out some scraps I had laying around. Some were left overs from my quilts, leftovers from my mom's sewing adventures, and some from my stash. I didn't think too much about them matching. Just grabbed what I liked.

After cutting everything out... I highly recommend opening Katy's diagram that show what to cut, how many, and of what. It kept my mind straight.

Sewn up a bit.

Sewn up a bit even further.

Bound!

Here it is completed! I guess it's a square mug rug. Or at least that's what I'm using it as. It hangs out on my side table and is perfect for a cup or to go under a hot bowl. Please notice the yellow machine quilting. I am so pleased with the yellow! It's subtle enough, yet strong enough to bring everything together.

Yellow.

A bit closer in.

And now I leave you with a picture of my square mug rug in use! My mug/ tea cup is presenting it so nicely, along with my side table sewing basket. I keep thread and scissors in there. Especially handy while working on hand quilting. I hope you try out this block! I really enjoyed sewing it up, and I'm kind of planning on making a whole quilt of it. Cheers!