Friday Finish

I was able to sew this week!

Digging through scraps and sewing little strips together

suits me JUST fine.

;)

This little vintage strip here is really the inspiration for the whole quilt.

That  ONE little tiny, PRECIOUS scrap

DROVE this quilt.

LOVE all that color.

Mid week....when I was working away at sewing strips together

I recieved another LITTLE bunch of vintage fabric

and it contained JUST the RIGHT blue

to fill this quilt out.

BELIEVE it or NOT...

I have PLENTY of fabric here...

but cutting into yardage kind of defeats the purpose

in a little scrap quilt like this!

Crazy logic???

This polka dot backing is just perfect.

I'm a frugal quilter.

This polka dot was a sheet in it's former life.

OOOh!

I love giving cotton fabric a second LIFE!!

Strips/strings used in this quilt were 10" tall

and in the top row they are 7" tall.

You might also notice I pieced some strings.

Can't let ANYTHING go to waste!

:)

Quilt measures 40"x44"

Have a great weekend friends!

Pretty in Pink

One of the VERY simplest quilts to put together

is a quilt with strips.

 

These strips are cut 3" wide.

Sewn together in pairs and triplets...

and cut 10" wide.

 

Three rows of strips.

Two borders. (one 2 1/2" and one 6")

 

Put it ALL TOGETHER..

and folks...

You have a quilt!!!

(singing the hokey pokey as I write that!) 

LOL!

Believe it or NOT...

I was able to sew this up in ONE afternoon.

 

I DID have most of the fabric PULLED.

THAT is what sometimes takes ALL the time!!

:)

If I hand quilt with some black thread....

like I'd LIKE...

The HOURS will add up!!!

Just HOW much to hand quilt is the question...

and WHERE???

I don't have the time to hand quilt it all.

Wish I did.

 

This "black and white with pink ALL OVER" quilt

is ALL stash.

 

I'm hoping that 2014 will be another

PURCHASE FREE year for me!

That's the goal.

 

 

 

 

 

minty green

This quilt is a quilt

only

because I bought 2 little fat quarters.

They were those little bits of fabric

that you CAN'T pass up when you

ACCIDENTALLY walk into

the local

quilt shop!!!

;)

And then

ONCE you have the fat quarters...

they tug at your mind

until you HAVE TO

sit down and SEW!!!!

 

Can you find the flowery fabric triangles??

I loved the retro feel of this fabric.

I added strips of color...

and some vintage solid minty green.

It's a FINISH!!!

I even added some black calico binding.

I think it's feeling RIGHT at home in this quilt!

I made this one

Because it HAD to be made.

LOL!!!

 

I bet you've made some quilts like that too!!!

 

 

strips in pink

This quilt began because of

this.......

My strip basket was getting full.

This is a problem I wanted to solve.
;)

My scraps are pretty well organized....

The 2", 2 1/2", 3"....etc. squares go into their respective bags.

The small pieces go into their "color drawer".

And....

the strips leftover from trimming backings,

bindings,

etc.

go into this basket.

There are ALL widths and lengths included.

I sewed 2, 3 or 4 strips together

then..

cut them into 2 1/2" segments.

Made some LONG segmented strips 2 1/2" wide....

 and.....

VIOLA!

A quilt was born.

Lots of PINK.

RED....because every quilt needs a little red.

WHITE..... because I like what white does to a quilt.

Ooooh!

And I had to add some other colors to make it sing!!!!

It's not quilted.

When will I quilt it?

When will I quilt the last few quilt tops I've pieced???

When will I WANT to quilt a quilt???

These questions

SPIN

around my mind.

I avoid them.

I piece another quilt.

:)

Blue

This is a Birthday gift for a dear friend.

A simple table mat.

I loved adding those hand quilted stitches to this piece.

They make the ordinary..

Extra-ordinary!

I'm still using this marvelous mountain of scraps

that doesn't seem to shrink!!!!

I gave some strips to a friend......

I used strips from this mountain for the table topper

and...... 

This quilt top

that I'm actually quilting today!

But that mountain is not a HILL yet!!!!

Monday.

It's Monday.

The beginning of a busy week!

How about you? Do you have those busy weeks too?

I DID finish this quilt top, though!

Whew!

I love it.

It's going to a very deserving boss.

I have no idea what colors she would like...

but this has LOTS of color!

I'm sure she'll like ONE of them! ;)

This is the perfect border fabric, don't you think?

I found it in my stash.

JUST enough too!!!

What does it mean when you have the

PERFECT fabric in your stash???

It can only mean

ONE.

thing.

You have WAY too much fabric!!!

Marvelous Mountain

What do you do when you're gifted with a mountain of strips?

1. Rejoice!

2. Sew.

3. Cut.

4. Sew.

5. Repeat.

6. Repeat.

7.Repeat.

Smiling ALL the while!