Little bits of scrappy

I mentioned yesterday that I haven't been buying much fabric these days

I have quite a bit.

;)

Well...this week I did buy some.

Just a little.

 

I happened to be at the Post Office.

The Post office shares a parking lot with the local quilt shop.

One thing led to the other.

Isn't that the way it goes???

I went into the quilt shop to buy a charm pack.

A charm pack is NOT QUITE buying fabric....Is it?

Well...

the Quilt shop had NO charm packs!

I love beginning baby quilts with charm packs.

They always get my creative juices going!

I couldn't leave the quilt shop without buying anything.

I bought 1/2 yard of cute owl fabric

and

1/2 yard of a coordinating fabric.

 

I first cut the new fabric into 5" charms.

(1/2 yard yields twenty-four 5" charms)

 

Then I started adding scraps.....

 

Teeny tiny 2" scraps.

 

The scrap blocks are made using a 2" colored square.

TWO 2" white squares

and

TWO 2"x5" white strips.

 

Put together they fit perfectly with 5" charms.

 

SO.

I DID use a little BIT of my stash.

I DID support the quilt industry by buying some fabric.

and

I DID have FUN doing it!

I was ALSO able to MATCH my quilt

to my NEWEST quilted baby cap!!!

 

What a WIN. WIN. kind of DAY!