Look at These Bits Now!

 Remember the bundle of random 

on the Discovery Table?

Well, they've all come together nicely, 

and here they are!

First, I sorted them all into like sizes.

I ended up with four or five piles of various widths.

Then I trimmed them down to the largest, nearest size I could get.

Certain sizes are easier to work with, so that's where I went.

It has three central 6" finished columns. 

Here is the first top out of those strips.

I snuck in some 2.5" columns just to add a little interest.

Then finished it off with 3.5" columns.

It finishes up at  60" x  72". 

The black dotted background is perfect for this and

 pulls in all the colors of the strips.

Binding is definitely going to be a bright color, 

possibly even the teal, 

to bring out every teal hint in the columns

There is a pile remaining so 

there is one more top in there.

When I find another great confetti fabric, 

I'll be off to sew! Here are some options!

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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Another Little Bits

 More little bit strips, (say that 3 times fast), 

are going into another top.  

The Table of Discovery is providing 

lots of fodder for the design 

portion of the program so more 

little bits are under the needle.

The inventory of the stack of bit strips shows :

1. One 6" column

        2. Some 2.5" columns 

       3. Just two 3" columns

A search of the backing box yeilded

 two pieces of a very unlikely back:

 a medium brown batik fabric.

So here we go!

Laying out the columns and stitching them up. 

First, press , press , press, to get all the 

column seam allowances laying in the same direction.

It really makes the stitching easier and faster!

Here is the final look!

It measures out at  50" X  60"

and should work well for a twin bed, 

It had lots of intereting discoveries 

to be found in all the pieces.

Stay safe and stitch up those bits. 

A Little Side Trip

 Just taking a little break from 

the big quilts with some small stuff.

First up on the chore list is the coveralls.

I just need to cut off the bottoms 

worn out from dragging on the ground.

There was just enough fabric left from 

the cutoff to make a small cuff,

with the salvaged fabric, and they're done.

 

Next is a bunch of small quilts.

The Northwest Babies gives out

any size quilts for stroller use, 

 so it's a good spot for all my bits of quilts 

that just need some zhuzhing up 

to be turned into lovely little treasures.

First up is this little nine-patch. 

It will get a sawtooth border from 

triangles that were gifted with it. 

 An extra block will be deconstructed 

to make hourglass cornerstones.

Tada! It was a bit more work than I bargained for, 

but it turned out very well.

I managed to pull out enough flannel bits that 

all of these little quilts will have 

cozy flannel backs.

Next was this beautiful autumn block that 

was left over from a guild table topper challenge 

a number of years ago. 

I found an absolutely perfect flannel piece in the bin, 

and with an additional border, 

this little quilt will be warm and fuzzy 

for a little person this winter.

The hits keep on coming.

 The Discovery table yielded this big purple star, 

a leftover from my star string quilts two years ago.

I must have had a late night and 

made two purple stars, 

because this one didn't make it into the quilt top.

A cute piece of flannel later and, 

A cozy 31" square cuddle quilt for a stroller!

The little kitties around the outside are adorable. 

This triangular beauty was waiting 

for bigger borders to be turned into a twin.

 I just couldn't resist and it joined the party

 as a wonderful little snuggle quilt 

with cows and pigs on the back.

Only two more to go!

This sweet little four-heart square has been 

wandering around sewing room.

The table yielded a little bundle of strips and, voila.

Four extra stars and one more border,

will make it a perfect size to snuggle up with.

The last one here is a beautiful, very elegant log cabin topper.

I found a soft flannel back for it that should

 make it cuddly and still maintain its elegant look.

Whoops here is another from the discovery table.

This one will be an add-on at the end, 

since it requires a piano key red border 

that isn't quite complete.

It is a snow day here today, 

so I should have lots of time to get all these 

little tops layered and stitched. 

Stay safe and Sew On!

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One More Side

 The Rainbow Squares Quilt is almost complete.

Last corners always seem to be a little tense, don't they?

It ended up fitting very well.

Yay!   Here it is all sewn up. 

It certainly used up lots of squares.  The remainder 

be incorporated into the back.  

Now to get busy on the rest of the tops hidden 

on the Discovery table.

Stay safe and sew on.

UFOs Away!

 We love UFO days!

Lots to do and a set aside time to get it done is always fun!

First up, the blocks for the final weave top were ready to stitch.

These have a white background that really

 makes the colors pop.

The top is complete!

Then the posy blocks were next to be opened up.

This little found/gifted project took up a lot more 

time than I'd planned.

It needed 17 additional stars to fill in the alternate spots. 

They are very fun to make and 

use up some scraps too, bonus!

Two sides of half the posy blocks had 

to be removed to make row joining easier.

That done,  the rows were stitched up and 

set aside awaiting decisions.  

Do I piece together the lattice bits, 

or find a fabric to match and cut new?

White background stars may be side borders to 

make a twin sized width. They have been 

waiting patiently for a purpose. 

A pinning day for the tops in waiting will have to 

keep waiting since the Discovery table has 

more tops to be unearthed!  It's is archeaeology February I think!

Lara Croft may be playing later in the workroom theatre!

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Rainbow Squares is Coming Along Nicely

 Well, it looks like we've seen the last of the 

2000 guild squares from millinium exchange. 

They are in this nearly complete top!

Just a bit of tweeking to get the rainbow 

borders to fit and it should be ready for the rack.

The remaining squares from three quilters

combined to make the center of this 

Rainbow Square quilt top. 

It started out as piles on the Discovery table

and some raw ideas.  Then, combined with 

the tail end of a red squares with blue accent quilt, 

 

and a false start on a green one, 

additonal color family blocks are being stitched up to make 

the rainbow border. 

A wealth of low volume prints came

together to produce the neutral inner border.

This top finishes should finish around

 55" x 66" and will be a great gift.

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Oh Scrap 

Stash Report, Stitching Time , Scraps In?

 It's  the end of January

and I have one finish and no other fabric in,

 so my numbers are holding steady. 

This brings me to 7 meters of usage so far,

 with 0 fabric added,

so -7m fabric increase.

However with  guild /group 

meetings coming up that may change

for February. We seem to treat fabric stashes 

like a lending libray, meters move around a lot!

Sewing time has been consitent for the past two weeks, 

catching some minutes every day and still working on the

Millennium exchange blocks. 

A Discovery table clean up found these little posy blocks and 

a new top was born. 

They will be combined with some blue background stars

from this parts department:

and look something like this!

It's an exciting time for the begining of February

with a new top in the works!

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