Sometimes the smallest things send me off into a whole new scrap project.
I have been planning in my head that my next scrap quilt will be based on a 9-patch. I was hoping to start it this week.
When Marci sent me the scrap slabs that I used to make last sunday's quilt top, she also included a bunch of pieced strips that someone had sent her.
I knew right away how I was going to use these!
Making all these Autumn quilts for the current block drive, I have a bunch of leftover fabric chunks I need to figure out how to use. These strips were 12.5" long so I dug through my big scraps and cut some big 12.5" squares for blocks and some 2.5" squares for cornerstones.
Easy peasy quilt top!
And it looks like I got all fancy with the piecing. I love it!
Now maybe this week I can get back to the scrappy 9 patch quilt in my head....
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11 comments:
Good use of the pieced borders, happy stitching!
Those strips and squares have a real fall feel to them - so pretty! It's funny how we get to this point in the year, and are so ready to move on to those colors. I'm there, too. These are going to make a pretty quilt! Have a great Sunday, Cyndy!
This is genius! I love seeing how you use up the bits and pieces that come your way. Nice quilt!
Brilliant to use those "scrap slabs" as sashing! I feel like, if you were let loose in MY fabric stash, all of the scraps and odd bits of yardage would just evaporate and magically turn into a pile of finished quilts, like Rumplestiltskin turning straw into gold!
Oh my, I am exactly the same way! I make a perfectly wonderful list of goals, yet my head can be turned on a dime with the smallest bit of interesting scrap. I am so glad I'm not alone in this!
Great use of those donated slabs. I don't think it would have occurred to me to use them for sashing.
Pat
Love what you did with the donated slabs! That is a great finished top!
As the saying goes -- make lemonade when you've got lemons. Or restated for quilters -- make a quilt when you are gifted blocks (or strips in this case.) Excellent finish. Doesn't it feel good to get something finished soon after it joins your stash?
I knew you would come up with a great way to use those strips!
You are so good at using up those odds and ends. No would ever guess that the quilt wasn't planned from the beginning.
What a great quilt from a bunch of scraps! Total success. I especially enjoy the cornerstones that look like mini blocks on their own. Someone is going to absolutely love that quilt. Deb E
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