Scrap-A-Palooza! Quilt #5 Finish

I admit, the month of May has been a bit of a blur for me.   I am looking forward to June and hoping things settle down and I can move at a more relaxed pace.  But even working at a hectic pace, I still try and find some time to sew.  It always seems to chase the stress away!

 

The end of May also means we are finishing up the fifth quilt in the Scrap-A-Palooza scrap series!  My how time flies when you are having fun!  Dare I say I seem to be making headway on my battle with my scraps. Maybe I shouldn't say that too loudly...

 

Here's a quick review on the previous parts to this quilt.

 

 

In Part One, we pulled out scraps and started cutting them into 2.5" squares.

For Part Two, we sewed up some simple blocks. 

 

And started playing with some layouts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Last week in Part Three, we put our blocks up on the design wall and picked a layout.  Then with some straight forward piecing, the top was completed.


And as always, we talked about some possible quilting ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

Now I am ready to share my finished quilt.  Didn't it turn out great!  It is not fancy or special but it is very inviting and comfortable. Just what you want a scrappy quilt to be!

I love how the blue prints alternate across the quilt.  And the play of the two different "streak" sizes adds some extra silliness.

I kept the backing simple.  I had two black and white prints in my stash that were mirror images so I sewed in an inset of one of the blue prints from the front to break them up a bit.  Bye, Bye old fabric!

Some tight matchstick quilting in the blue and a swirl in the black/white areas.  This quilt is definitely made to be drug around and loved!

  And now for a few statistics:

Lap Quilt

Size: 56 x 72"

Fabric: Various black and white prints from the scrap bin

Total Pieces: approximately 650 2.5" Squares

Total Blocks: 63 (7 x 9) 8" blocks

Streak Fabric Used: approx 3/4 yard each blue print (3 total)

 

 

And I wasn't the only one working on this quilt this month.  Alycia over at Alycia Quilts is working on her final layout.  She is so darn creative!  When the scraps she was working with weren't turning out as hoped, she added some orphan blocks to her design.  Doesn't it look great!  You can read more about it here.

I have already been planning what we are going to be making in June.  It will be simple and quick!  Hope you decide to sew along and share what you make!

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

 

This quilt is one of the NewFOs I had on my 2014 Bloom Project list at Joanie's Trendy Quilts so we can check the May Scrap quilt off the list!.

I will also be linking up with Miss Midge for TGIFF, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts,  Scrap Basket Sunday, Sew Can She, and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

If you are sewing along, don't forget to link your Scrap-A-Palooza quilt over at FairyFace Designs for Sarah's Put Your Scraps To Work series.

 

 

And this will be my final entry into A Stitch in Time  

May Finishes Linky Party.