Year of the Scrap Strikes Again….

I know that this wont surprise anyone, but I have started a new scrap quilt!!

In the waning moments of 2024, I had a good look at my scraps and realized that I needed to start using my strips!!

While scrolling Youtube one day, I hit a video from Missouri Star and this quilt caught my eye…..

I immediately started thinking about all of the 2-inch white squares I had left from my “Windmill Chain” quilt…..

….and then looked at the 2-inch strips in my drawer…..

….and a quilt was planned!!

I decided to use a 10-inch block….

….and started playing with possible settings…..

OKAY…. I can probably do something with this!!

Stay tuned and we will get started on this fun quilt!!

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Do you have a stack of scraps that you want to use in a fun design?

Check out this pattern for a quick and easy scrap quilt that will help empty your bins and bring a smile to your face!!

Full Color pattern includes step by step instructions for blocks and border.

Click HERE for more information.

QOV IN Progress

My friend, Marnie, and I are currently working on a Quilt-Of-Valor and I wanted to give you a little peek……

Marnie has been madly piecing 1/2-square triangles….

and turning them into windmill blocks….

I did a bit of trimming…..

…and now it is back to her to start putting the sections together.

This is our plan……so far……

Can’t wait to get it finished and presented!!

It you want to learn more about the “Quilts of Valor” Project, check out this website.….

Pattern Love

Back in the summer, I enjoyed creating a scrap quilt and then writing the pattern for that quilt…..

A few days ago, I received an email from Diane D. (from Toronto Canada) telling me that she had made the quilt and attaching a photo…..

Isn’t it wonderful!!

I love the lighter blue fabric on the outside. It goes a long way to “lifting” the other colors in the quilt..

And the purple inner border….don’t get me started about how wild I am about it!!

This is what she said…..

I loved the pattern & love the Kaffe Fassett / Philip Jacobs beautiful fabric.

Appliqué & scrap quilts from the leftover bits are my happy place.

Diane….it sounds like we could be great friends!!

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Do you have a stack of scraps that you want to use in a fun design?

Check out this pattern for a quick and easy scrap quilt that will help empty your bins and bring a smile to your face!!

Full Color pattern includes step by step instructions for blocks and border.

Click HERE for more information.

Do I quilt this one?

Yesterday I posted about the “Finally Finished” exhibit at the International Quilt Festival.

The gist is a woman who takes antique quilt tops from unknown makers and quilts them to “Finally Finish” them.

Well, I have a quilt top that my Grandmother made…..

You can’t tell it from this photo, but the sashing fabrics are little blue frogs!! SUCH FUN!!!

I have no idea when the top was made, but my mom gave it to me back in the 1990’s. (Granny passed away in the early 1970’s).

It has been part of my “UFO” box for all of these years because I was uncomfortable finishing the quilt by machine. And, I knew that I would NEVER finish it with hand quilting.

After seeing this exhibit, and seeing how wonderful the finished quilts are, I am thinking that I might plan to finish it with free-motion quilting.

What do you think? Is this a valid way to finish an old top??

Please tell me what you think!!

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This Isn’t How I Work!

Yesterday I talked about my new scrap quilt ending with a bunch of 60-degree triangles ready to go.

Now, let’s get real here……

This isn’t how I normally work!! I seldom start out without a plan and it is definitely OUT of my comfort zone!!

With that in mind, I headed to the design wall and started playing with different arrangements.

I could do this…..

…..or this……

Or, I could add some triangle pops of color…..

Or….maybe add some slivers of color between some of the triangles….

OR…..

Wait a minute….. I like that last one!!!

So now I need to figure out what else I can do with this idea!!

Alas, no more time this week….maybe next week!!