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!!

On the Edge of my comfort zone

As I mentioned in Monday’s post, I am working on several projects that are WAY out of my comfort zone.

This is the first!!

It started with this inspiration photo that I shared a few weeks ago…..

Often I have no intention of making a quilt from the inspiration, but this one got stuck in my brain!

Also on my mind was this box of hand-dyed strips…..

These came from my friend, Anita, after she had closed her dyed-fabric business. They were the bits left over from cutting fat-quarters and other sizes of fabrics.

I just couldn’t shake the “what would happen if” thoughts!!

So, with a few hours in my studio, I grabbed the box of fabrics and started piecing dark blue fabrics into strip sets…..

….that were a bit over 6.5-inches in deep and at least 8-inches wide.

I then used my Deb Tucker Ruler (Wedge Star)….

….and cut a triangle out of the center of the strip……

I took the two extra bits and evened up the straight edge…..

I was then able to sew two triangles together….

….ending up with another big triangle (this photo was before I trimmed it down with the ruler)……

So now I have TONS of strip-filled triangles…..

What can I do with them??

Come back tomorrow and let’s play!!

What to do with your scraps…

Some time ago, my friend Dale sent an article from “American Patchwork & Quilting”. It talked about scraps and how/if you should keep them. There was a great flowchart to help you decide…..