Scrap-A-Palooza! Quilt #7 Finish (Part Four)

Oh how I love playing with scraps and color!  This month's Scrap-A-Palooza quilt was really fun to work on so I finished it up very quickly this month!  I still have another week in the month and my lovely quilt is already quilted and bound!

 It all started the first week with a sketch and a pile of jeweled colored strings.  

For someone who says she doesn't buy much blue fabric, I sure do have a ton of blue scraps!

The second week was spent making the color blocks.  I had a great time playing with different string widths and fabric prints to come up with all my blocks.

To speed up the process, I rough cut my strings, sewed them together then cut the blocks to size.

Last week, my time was spent sewing in the sashing.  I made my quilt in three columns so the piecing was really simple.

In no time at all, I had the quilt top finished.

Well, here is the finished quilt!  I can't wait for the temperatures to cool so I can try it out. The colors in this quilt really do glow...it is hard to believe these beautiful colors were hidden away in the scrap bin!.

As I am really trying to purge some older fabrics this year, I used a wonderful purple batik on the back.  Because I didn't have quite enough, I added a lime green inset that runs vertically on the back.  And for the binding, I used the striped fabric that I trimmed off the back of the floral quilt I finished last week.  I thought it worked perfectly!

I always promote using these scrap quilts to step out of your comfort zone on the quilting, so I used variegated threads on this quilt.  I have never been a fan but many of my customers love them so I have a large supply of them on hand.  I really tried to keep an open mind but I gotta admit, still not sold on them.  How about you, are they something you like to use?





Why Scrap-A-Palooza?  Because Quilting is more fun than Housework!

And now for a few statistics:

Large Lap Quilt

Size: 56 x 66"

Fabric: Tone on Tone greens, blues and purple strings.(at least 8" long)

Total Color Blocks: 18 at 7.5 x 17.5" unfinished

  Background Fabric Used: approx 1.5 yard

Before I share what others are making, I want to remind everyone that links to this quilt and all the scrap quilts from previous months can be found on the Scrap-A-Palooza quilt gallery tab above.  If you have scraps, I am sure you will find lots of inspiration on how to use them!

 

Diann over at Little Penguin Quilts has been playing with her green scraps.  You can read about her quilt here.  I am really looking forward to seeing this quilt come together.

So are you curious what Quilt #8 will be?

I think it is time for one of my go-to string quilts.  And because I am growing tired of cool colors, I think I will pull out some hot colored scraps. I will have to see what inspires me!

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation, Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Pretty Bobbins, TGIFF, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Fort Worth Fabric Studio, My Go-Go Life and Sew Can She.