Oh Scrap! : Seeing a Trend

 Happy Fourth to all of those in the US.  It was nice that our weather cooled somewhat so many can get out and enjoy the holiday weekend.  I still decided to stay home close to the AC and sew.

I am finding myself excited about a new project I started.  I am always on the lookout for scrap quilt inspiration and recently I have been noticing I have a lot of turquoise, lime and black/gray fabric.

Like...A LOT.

So I started pulling them and cutting them into 2.5" squares.  I found quite a bit of my fabric was already cut into 2.5" strips so the process was pretty easy.

I decided to sew the squares up into these 16 patches.

The next step was to pull some solid bits and frame them.  I like what I am seeing so far!

Even after sewing up quite a few blocks, I realized I am not putting a dent in the amount of scraps I have.  So I think I am going to shoot for a larger twin sized quilt. 

 To speed up the cutting process, I got out my AccuQuilt cutter and the 2.5" multiples die.  I love that I can cut up to 12 squares from one chunk of fabric.  In just a few minutes I had enough squares cut for most of the quilt top. Now I can quickly get to the sewing and I am not going to be wondering why my hands are so sore!

Have a great weekend....I will be in my sewing room playing with scraps!

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It is now your turn to share what you are making with scraps.  Here are the details for linking up: 

• This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
• You can link up your blog post (not your homepage please) or Instagram photo from the past week that features your use of scraps.
• If you are linking to a blog post, I ask that you link back to my blog somewhere in your post. So if you are writing about scraps, just get into the habit of including a link as there will be a linky party available every week!
• If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
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Linking Up:

Love Laugh Quilt (Monday Making)

What a Hoot (BOM Mondays)

Inquiring Quilter (Weightloss Wednesday)

AccuQuilt has a number of  promotions going on over the holiday weekend. They have lots of options on cutting systems and a huge variety of available dies.