Lots of cutting occurred this week. I made a few kits for compassion quilts, I dug through scraps and cut up squares and I put together backings from various odd pieces.
But looking at what I actually have to share, it appears that I have not been doing much.
I made these four 16 patch blocks from some rainbow scraps. This is just an ongoing project that will be made into compassion quilts eventually.
To date, I have only 21 blocks finished. I don't know if these blocks will all end up in the same quilt. For now, I just make blocks when I find a scrap that is a good candidate.
Most of the sewing this week were these low volume 9 patches made from 3.5" squares.
How are they going to be used?
They are going to be added to the big red heart I made and become a compassion quilt. I have all these busy low volumes and this is the perfect way to use them up. The quilt will actually be a 6 block by 7 block layout. The heart will float on the left side of the quilt. If this one turns out, I might have to make a few more. They sure burn though the scraps!
What do you think?
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- 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.
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14 comments:
What do I think?
I think I would love a quilt like you described with the low volume background and heart floating at the side.
Looks like a lovely way to use up all those low-volume background scraps and this will make a beautiful quilt, Cynthia.
I love your heart surrounded by low volume 9 patches! It makes me want to go sew! That will make a beautiful comfort for someone. Have a great Sunday, Cyndy!
Your 16 patches look great! While they are not complicated, it’s a bit of work to sew them all together. Your heart quilt is lovely.
Great idea, low volume nine patches with a beautiful red heart! Comforting, lovely, and uses up scraps. Win, win, win!
What a great use for busy low volume prints! They make the perfect backdrop for the heart. Well done! I like those 16 patch blocks too!
You've got some great scrap buster quilts going. I really like the heart one. What a great way to use up those busy neutral scraps.
I am seeing 16-patches popping up on several blogs, mine included! They are so versatile. I really like your colourful blocks and I really like the low volume 9-patches with the heart. I chair our guild’s community quilts initiative and this might need to be added to our list of makes.
Oh, I really like the read heart quilt and the idea of it being asymmetrical!
lots of cute blocks in the works,luv the red heart makes for an interesting block I luv it!
I made something very similar to the low volume/heart quilt a few years back when my sister was dealing with breast cancer. I love yours! It will surely give someone comfort at a much needed time. Makes me want to make another one for Mercyful Quilts.
Hi Cynthia, I love your low volume heart quilt. I'm still learning about low volume because when I see more than one colour in a fabric, I assume that it's colourful. I learned this week that very colourful fabric (like the dots fabric that I used in my SAHRR quilt) doesn't mean that they will stand out. That's by I redid the bottom row - they were all disappearing, even if they were colourful. I may do something like your low volume quilt just to learn more about this colour fact :-) Thanks for the linking party. Have a great week!
Hi Cynthia. You have so many lovely scrappy projects on the go!
Love this! Inspiration time!
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