Sneaking closer to the end of the year.
Our family celebrated our big Christmas yesterday,
and much to the delight of everyone we had a fantastic time.
Gifts were shared, lots of hugs too.
We all ate way too much
and still have lots of leftovers.
Even a few quilts were given.
The Colorful Filmstrip Quilt went to
the sister of a daughter-in-law.
her parents got a quilt last year.
The big 8s and 10s is on its way too.
Each 10 1/2" block is made by cutting
the stripped set into 8" x 10 1/2" sections and then adding
a 1 1/2" strip of black to each edge.
Square up and then assemble!
It is fun to do and you can make
a lot of blocks quickly!
As you can see, I made a lot of blocks.
Here is the king-size quilt,
excuse the accompanying Christmas socks.
You can tell my quilt holder is out and about.
One more quilt is waiting to be quilted and bound,
and there is even another stack of 22 blocks.
I could also go ahead and make another eight blocks,
and finish it off as a small twin measuring 50" x 60".
What to do , what to do?
I will figure it out and use up those blocks!
The large quilt has a durable yellow background,
which came in a 3 m chunk at a guild garage sale.
I enlarged it with a little bit of batik yellow
and it made a very suitable backing.
Also, it helps use up my never ending store of blacks!
Stay safe and sew up the season!
Linking up with:
Beauty Pageant
I'm sure the recipients were delighted with these quilts. The black really sets off the colors in that string block quilt. Awesome choice.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Black always makes the colors pop!
DeleteLove your String and Strip quilts----they look like a fun make!! Nice works...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteI didn't get as many done as I would have liked , buy it is about the journey not the destination, so I am very happy anyway!
DeleteWhat a great scrap-buster quilt! Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell. Merry Quiltmas!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you too! It was a great way to use up scraps, but I still have so many. Lots of sewing potential there!
DeleteHow fun to gift them away and see the smiles!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was!! Merry Christmas!
DeleteSounds like you had a fun gathering. Such a joy to give quilts to friends and family, especially when they enjoy them so much! Looks like you used a lot of scraps on these. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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It was a great time . We are very fortunate to have family nearby year round. Have a Merry Christmas!
DeleteBeautiful quilts and ideas for the rest of us! Thanks for sharing those.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome.
DeleteThat is a beautiful quilt! I love all the color and how the black pulls everything together. I bet it will be loved!
ReplyDeletePretty blocks, I love the black edges and all the happy colors! It's fun to give quilts to family members. I'm looking forward to see what you'll do with the remaining 22 blocks ;) Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful scrappy quilts and linking up, happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea for string blocks. The black edge gives some definition & clarity to reign in the lovely scrappiness. They look great & I'm sure will be loved.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of strings. I really like the layout (and the colors).
ReplyDeleteThat's a whole lot of stripy string blocks you've been working on!
ReplyDeleteI love your string quilts! They are all so pretty. Sounds like you had a fun family Christmas. I'm sure they will treasure the quilts forever, such wonderful gifts. Merry Christmas and have a wonderful Christmas week.
ReplyDeleteI love this scrappy quilt. I'm thinking my strings could be sewn together and get some control over them. (Well, I don't really think there will be control but maybe a smaller collection!) Sounds like your Christmas celebration was wonderful. I'd like mine to be over already but it will be soon. In the meantime I need to get more stuff done!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, it sounds like you had a lovely Christmas celebration with your family! Your scrappy quilts are lovely! Thanks for linking up to FM Mavericks. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThese quilts are beauties - the filmstrip one and the strippy quilts! It always inspires me to see the way people use their scraps. I am not so good at that! And, a belated thanks for linking up to TGIFF!
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