It has been a flowery two weeks .
When working with scraps , it is always a
bit of a treasure hunt! There seems to be
a surprise around every corner!
Just like an old sack of whole
wheat flower, these floral scraps
don't seem to be running out!
I am trying to finish them up ,
and suddenly they seem to have
replenished! My Buddha bowl refilled!
My summer sewing room was still
overrun by floral bits! What's a quilter to do!
So here is a small , sunny quilt show
of floral quilts!
First up is quilt using 3 " strips with a
basket weave pale green lattice . All
the lattices are 1 3/4" cut .
The strips were already in the
scrap supplies so not much prep was needed.
There was also a pile of 3" floral squares,
so those were used to finish out some rows
as well as make up the size with a
nice scrappy border.
Only 1 WOF of the green was left over.
The back is a wonderful blue and white
paisley that was just big enough to cover .
Next is a quilt using 2 1/2" strips with a nice forest green lattice.
As with many scrap projects, the green ran out so
in came a bit of lawn green to finish off the pattern .
All of the strips in my found supply were not made
up of the same size chunks. Some are very long and
some much shorter. I let them remain au natural and
sewed them as they came off the pile. A raid
on an old bag of watercolor pieces provided enough
squares to make up the border.
The back is
made from a number of pieces from a coordinating
floral whose age is a closely guarded secret!
The quilting used a serpentine stitch
that is # 100 on a Janome 7700.
The third is a a dark blue lattice using 2 1/2" strips. The
dark blue strips read almost black from a distance.
The quilting is done using number 19 of the utility
stitches on my Janome , at maximum stitch length.
green floral and yellow floral so carries through the theme.
Again, I used 2 1/2" squares for the border.
The last completed is a burgundy lattice. The
quilt did not get an end cap for the dark strips as
I ran out of the burgundy not once but twice.
used some polka dot strips and ran out of that also.
It doesn't look unfinished without the end pieces
so I still class it as a success.
The back used more floral yardage and
the remaining dark blue .
to some friends. Three will go off to
the Zebra foundation for Children.
One more is in progress.
This pattern is certainly conducive to
using strips . My little featherweight seams
to sew them up like a happy little daisy!
They are perfect to work on during
weekly zoom bee groups. There are only
few possible mistakes to be made so you
can pay attention to the stitching and
the good conversation!
They might end being called Good
conversation quilts!
one with red lattice strips!
This one is still in progress. A finish picture should
turn up next week.
The answer to the burning question?
Yes I still have some florals remaining,
but not nearly as many !
Stay safe and sew on !
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