This star quilt is a wedding quilt made with Wonky Stars and a joiner block of strip with a corner of Broken dishes. 

 Going off to Atlanta GA when complete!

This is the first top of Covid quaratine.  

Lots of fun to make with great fabrics. 

One row did get out of line, ( 2/3 down) 

but that is an easy fix!

It will be off to Hendersonville, SC when complete.

It was inspired by a Pin from the

 quiltingland.com designed by 

Osie Lebowitz of Timeless Treasures fabric

Where do scraps come from?

I recently had someone ask me ( not the first person) where all my scraps come from?

They actually asked me where are all the quilts that all these scraps come from?

I started out with a small , clear baggie .

                                      

I collected scraps from everyone at a retreat intending to put them into a small ,

thimble ( tumbler pattern) memento hanging. 

 Then I cut some strips and put them into a  small clear plastic bin.

When quilters heard I was thinking of scraps, they just started cascading in.

After 3 retreats I had bags of "gifts" from fellow quilters!

It was like becoming an orphanage for unwanted scraps.

Cut off triangles appeared in my quilting bag, even in my coat pockets.

The fabric was too precious to discard but they just wanted to pass the responsibility

for it along to someone else.  Like a hand knit sweater you keep passing down to sibling.

All of them went into a large rubber tote.

Three bins later, I am building a wall. 

Actually I do make a lot of quilts and they do produce a lot of scraps.

My stash provides some add in

fabrics whenever I need more blues, more greens ...

 Recently got a gift actually of a binding Library.

You know, all the binding we  prepare and never use,

or all the bits left over and put aside “ for another day.”

or even the binding we forget we made and then discover later!

Visit again soon for some of the great ideas

for using up all these scraps treasures!

Just a little scrappy!

Welcome to 2020!

Well, choosing scrap projects always turns  

out to be a lot harder than I think!

  I want my scrap management to be efficient

 but if I try to cut 15 different shapes as I go thru my scraps,

 it will take forever! As I meander thru my scrap projects notebooks

 I thought I would show you some pictures of a few of my scrap projects.

I flew off to visit relatives and these are some

 of the quilts that  went out into the world!

Pieces of the Season!

It's getting to be the holiday season and

tonight it turned out to be like Christmas.

I was at a holiday wind up when guess what appeared? …

two big bags of scraps!

Some of them appear to be UFOs or  partially completed projects .

There are even some fat quarters but definitely

Lots of potential. Who knows!

This batch on the table could end up just like this one on the wall.

This scrap quilt in progress was made

by taking leftover bits that were

residing on my sewing table and

sewing them randomly together.

Then I took one of my favorite size rulers,

8 1/2 in and trim them all to size.

I have a spot where I store

in progress scrappy type units.

After I had accumulated enough squares

I started putting them together.

Joining them in a 4 patch first

gives a little structure to the quilt and

the narrow sashing

gives a nice design resting spot.

Definitely love having genrous Scrappy friends!

Sooo…. How do you store your scraps? Well, how many do you have! 

I started out with a small , clear baggie .

  I collected scraps from everyone at a retreat intending to put
them into a small, thimble ( tumbler pattern) memento hanging.

  I cut some strips and put them into a small clear plastic bin.

When quilters heard I was thinking of scraps, they just started cascading in.

  After 3 retreats I had bags of gifts from fellow quilters!

It was like becoming an orphanage for unwanted scraps.

I would find cut off triangles in my quilting bag, even in my coat pockets.

The fabric was too precious to discard, so I think they just wanted to pass

the responsibility for it along to someone else.

 Like a hand knit sweater you keep passing down to sibling.

I had to do something so..... they went into a large rubber tote.

Three bins later, I am building a wall. 

Log Cabins on the Way

Still working on the big log cabin quilt,

 and having some challenges with the quilting. 

 But in meantime , here are a few other log cabin quilts .

                                                    50th Birthday quilt for a Friend

Flowers for a friend who moved to BC,

 not her dog tho, that is the rent a  beagle Stella.

Flower detail,  I used left over Flying Geese for the borders!

Here is a nice bunch of blocks ready for joining.