It's a Real Puzzle!

When I updated my list of projects for the month of September, I was shocked to realize how many scrap quits I completed. So how is it I still have a full bin of scraps! 

I know all quilters laugh and joke that scraps multiply when you are not looking but I am thinking there just might be something to it.

As I was going through pictures, I did notice I had failed to share this scrap finish with you. (You can read more about this quilt here and here.)

I finally finished up the quilting and snapped a quick picture between the torrential rain we are having here in the northwest.

Boy has it rained!  Thanks goodness for rubber boots!

 The fun surprise is the quilting.


Yes, that's the real puzzle! ( hee hee )

I used the squares in the quilt top piecing to quilt the appearance of puzzle pieces. (On this quilt, each puzzle piece is about 4" square.)  

 

 It is very simple to do as it is just line quilting with alternating bumps and dips.

Using my longarm, I just did grid quilting so it was continuous and did not require turning the quilt on the frame.  The only thing that stopped me was having to replace the bobbin!

Now onto the next scrap quilt!

Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation, TGIFF, Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts, and FMQ Friday with Leah Day.

Sunday Stash (Better late than Never)

My intention was to get to this first thing this morning but here it is almost the end of the day.  ((sigh!))  

But I did get to visit with a good friend all afternoon so I am willing to put in a late hour or two...

most definitely!

First, I wanted to share what I won from Melissa at Happy Quilting!  My oh My!  Did that make my day!

I have been wanting to play with this fabric line for quite some time.  Now I just need to decide on a pattern.  If you have any good ideas, please feel free to share them.

As the sponsor for the giveaway was the Fat Quarter Shop, I thought I would go ahead and pick up a few items from their sale section for some quilt backs. I was really happy with my picks.


None of these have a quilt top yet so it will be fun to see the quilts evolve.  (I might just have to go pull some gray and blue scraps just to use that great hexagon fabric!)

I also won these little goodies from Char over at Cloth Stitched.  It sure looks like a christmas project just waiting to be assembled!

I adored the little card she made to include with the package.  She is just so darn creative!

Today was definitely one of those "good" days.  Hope you all enjoyed your weekend and hope to see you back here soon to see what I make with all this goodness.

Linking up with Blossom Heart Quilts for Sunday Stash, Stitch by Stitch for Anything Goes Monday and Quiltstory for Fabric Tuesday.

French General Quilt

When I was doing a little tidying up in my sewing room, I came across some French General fabrics that I have been collecting up for quite some time.  All of this fabric was "gifted" to me from various friends (aren't they wonderful!).  And as most of it was leftover jelly roll strips that didn't make the cut for other projects, I had strips of varying length, chunks of prints that were less than a fat quarter and one large piece of yardage that was suitable for a back.

Rather than stick it back in a drawer, I decided to just sew it up into a quilt top.  Once I figured how big the backing was, I started decided on a pattern for the front.  Before I knew it, the top was pieced and the project was loaded onto my longarm to be quilted.  Not having a lot of time to quilt it, I just stitched in some over lapping squares.

 Thought I would share as these square and rectangular blocks are perfect for using up those 2 1/2" strips.  And the combination of 61/2" square and 12 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangular blocks allow you to play with all sorts of layouts. 

I am happy to say I used up all the fabric except a half yard of one of the stripes.  I stored that one away for use as a binding on a future quilt.  Now to figure out what to do next...

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Fridays, Cherry Valley Designs for TGIFF,  Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilts and Can I get a Whoop Whoop? Fridays at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.