The idea started when Mark and I were at IKEA and I saw this little 8"x8" print on a canvas.
I loved the graphic impact, and of course the fact that it was solid colors.
It was about the time that Hoffman Fabrics came out with their new Me+You line of solid and subtle print batiks. As soon as they were available, I purchased a fat quarter stack of the prints, and then Hoffman sent some of the solids for me to work with.
The blocks (there are actually three blocks) are easy to construct.
A few times I was able to achieve a transparency effect and those are my favorite blocks.
When it was finished, Mark and I headed to the Monterey coast and took some fun shots. Going to the coast for quilt photography might be one of the main reasons I keep quilting--haha.
The backing came from my stash. Both fabrics have color names.
Oh, and the name...Since my inspiration came from IKEA, I started with "Swedish." At first I was just going to call it "Swedish X" and leave it at that. But somehow, changing it to "ex" seemed to add more mystery to the story. And if nothing else, it made me chuckle. Mark always says I come up with quilt names mostly to amuse myself. He might be right about that.
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