One Heart One Hand

I bought a dozen fat quarters several springs ago. They were all from the same line: One Heart, One Hand by Debbie Beaves for RJR Fabric. They were rusty red or shades of blue with a little cream, gold and green tossed in. Most were floral prints, but some had stars and stripes. A few even wore the words, “One heart, one hand, one flag, one land.” The pattern came from Quilts Etc. - either the one they give moms for Mother's Day, or one I won in a drawing.  Essentially, you carve a 12.5” square from each 18x22” fat quarter. From the scraps you cut two dozen 6.5” squares and three dozen 4.5x6.5” rectangles. The result is a slightly smaller, slightly more interesting version of Tricia Cribbs’ Turning Twenty quilt. I think I bound it myself, because the binding is perfectly awful. It’s a terrific Memorial Day picnic quilt: one that doesn’t mind a little mustard.