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I'm always happy to find a way to use two inch scrap squares :) These are nine patches with the diagonal in black and each of the two sides in a different color in the color wheel progression. Setting is on point. So simple that I wouldn't have explained it, except, when I looked at it this morning and tried to remember what it was, all I could see at first were four patches :)
Such an easy quilt from Judy Martin's book, "Scraps." The book has a bunch of really nice scrap quilts!
I dug deep into my stash of 1,5" strips which were collecting dust for years. I used all strips shorter than 6" and a lot of the longer ones. I even had to cut new 2,5" squares from my stash for the white / beige. By choosing fabrics with text print for these squares I hope to give the quilt a more modern appearance. Some of scraps are really dated. So far I finished 12 blocks.
Best viewed on black, if you have time.
Made from strings less than 2 inches wide. The fabric in the middle of the blocks is Habitat Dandelions by Michele D'Amore for Bernartex. The dimensions of the quilt are 72" by 90".
Just added some better photos of this one to join in with Rachel's Festival of Strings at Stitched in Color: www.stitchedincolor.com/2013/05/festival-of-strings.html
I finished this top in April 2013, and I'm just waiting for inspiration to hit me for the back of it! And the quilting, and the binding.... :)
All done and the binding will be in the dotted fabric. I went for no border and just stay stitched around the edge. This is my favorite kind of quilt, which I think of as a "trust the scraps" kind of quilt. The fabrics included are florals, patchwork print, solar system, Russian Fairy Tales, birds, moose, butterflies, geometrics, numbers, paisley, horses, cupcakes, plaid, bowling and King Kong! If you right click on the picture and go to Large, you can see some of the prints close up. Pictures and comments are in Piecing 2012 Set 1.
42 x 49 scrappy strip quilt. Free motion quilted. Details on my blog. Link in profile. Quilt Available in my etsy shop, teaginny designs
All done and the binding will be in the black. This so turned out as I had hoped, with some of the squares appearing to float :) This was a great scrap pattern and used up a lot of my small pieces of solid black. There are slight variations in the black fabrics, but I think that works well with the scrappy look. Pictures & comments in Piecing 2013 Set 1.
this quilt is one of the best selling pattern from Zen Chic. It's easy to sew and based on a Jelly Roll. I listed by popular demand some scrap bags at etsy, which give you the necessary fabric scraps for the strips. A money saving option if you like to make the original London Tube.
The pattern itself is also listed at etsy.
www.etsy.com/listing/116585974/juggling-summer-scraps-scr...
Now I finally started hand quilting it. In the meantime I packed up ALL my sewing stuff ... again, but hopefully the last time. Now I'm waiting for the last renovation to start. I'm not sure that everything will go as planned due to omicron, but three quilt tops waiting to be hand quilted should keep me entertained for some time.
Finally finished and quilted. The crazy piecing of the background was more timeconsuming than thought - but fun to make! - And now that big drawer is (almost) empty! Hurrah!
Out of this World scrap quilt
Blogged here
September 2012
70″ x 55″
Entry #96
Machine pieced
Hand quilted
Special technique: Bias binding appliqued
This design made me think of what my brain feels like when someone tries to give me driving directions :) Directionality is not my thing! Great quilt top for using scraps. Note the humility block near the lower left corner - that orange should have been a light colored fabric. I seriously didn't notice that until I just put this picture on - funny :)
Cornelia's Anniversary quilt
"Kansas Troubles" from
A Treasury of Scrap Quilts
by: Nancy J. Martin
Martingale & Company
What a great pattern to use up random and even "ugly" scraps. This is almost all leftover bits and pieces - and some of them are ugly - but they all look great together!
A German idiom says "Abwarten und Tee trinken". Literally it means ‘wait and drink tea. Yet as so often with idioms, the literal translation is only part of the story. Wait and drink tea is used specifically when the best thing to do is to do nothing at all.
First, I hurt my index finger and then I sprained my thumb. All I could do was wait. Putting too much pressure on myself wouldn't have helped at all. Now, nearly three months after finishing the quilt top, I'm finally able to hand quilt it. All I had to do was wait. Easy, isn't it?
I've wanted to try this pattern from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville site for a while. It used up a lot of bright scraps but not enough to empty the drawer, sadly.
All done and the binding is in scrappy reds. When I filled the spaces between the blocks, I added some diagonals. Working with the monochromatic reds was very interesting because things that normally wouldn't seem to be a contrast, were in this. Picture & comments in Piecing 2012 Set 1.
Amy Butler scraps; Marsha McCloskey blocks; lap size quilt; sashed in linen & orange dots, bordered with orange daisies. Scraps used to make all 120 blocks from Marsha McCloskey's "Block Party" book. I gave all 120 to a friend, who used 81 of the blocks to make 12 graduation quilts for her daughter & daughter's friends. I used 30 of the remaining 39 for this lap quilt, used the other 9 for a matching baby quilt. Meander quilting.
This is my little quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival 2010 over at Amy's Creative Side. I also have a whole tutorial for the quilt on my design blog.
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Each block in this quilt consists of sixteen 2 1/2" squares, but the widths of the surrounding 'tilted' stripes varies. This one made a serious dent in my scrap pile!
I am hoping all these bright colors will make her feel a little better.
Idea from Kaffe Fassett's book Glorious Patchwork. 62" by 70"
Just finished up a large baby quilt. It is fresh off the frame and I'm lovin how it tuned out. Blogged at ReannaLily Designs Blog
One of our secrataries, knowing about my passion, gave me a bag full of discarded clothes. One was a pareo in black-blue-green-yellow, which I took as focus fabric and added all the other pieces in this pallette. I had to add only a few of my own scraps to complete.
Simple fun and loud. Just how I love my quilts. Blogged here wombatquilts.com/2013/01/04/flower-garden-quilt-finished/
I used 8 pairs of jeans, 2 skirts of heavy pure linen, 1 men's jacket in a wool/silk blend and lots of pieces of men's silk ties.
Finally finished my Values quilt top. Love it from a distance, not sure about it up close.
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All done and the binding will be in the setting triangle fabric. I'm really pleased with the patterns the blocks made on this one :) Pictures & comments in Piecing 2013 Set 1.
All done and the binding will be - surprise - red :) Love it! Pictures & comments in Piecing 2014 Set 1.
All done! I added a bit of whimsy in the name and the top border, just for fun :) I made the border nice and wide because I want to do a scrappy binding. Pictures and comments in Piecing 2012 Set 1.
All done and the binding will be in a dark green or blue. This is such a cooperative pattern to work with and I love the result :) Pictures & comments in Piecing 2013 Set 1.
My son Liam, age 6, has finished he very first quilt. Liam has sewn every block by himself (sewing on machine, iron, cut). I helped him cut the borders, then he sewed those on, I quilted it for him as that was too tricky for him. I just love it, it's just gorgeous! He now has "orders" from the rest of the family who also wants him to sew for them!
Swede-Heart's Blog: www.swede-heart.blogspot.com/
There are no more pink prints in the scrap bins as I used all of them for the last two scrap quilts - a pink log cabin quilt and the Four Patches in a Square Quilt.
I just loved Aneela Hoey Pickledish Quilt and decided to make 4 blocks using her pattern for this baby quilt. It was a fun pattern to use and now I'm tempted to make a larger one.
Blogged here: swede-heart.blogspot.com/2011/05/pickledish-quilt-baby-co...
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