friday finish (scrap busting IV)

Early morning photo-shoot of my red postage stamps quilt. Have to beat the sun in the race for the display wall at my terrace. This is a small one, just 40" by 50" quilted on leftover quilters dream request batting joint together by  zig zag to a big enough piece. The backing is a lovely sarah jane nautical alphabet print. It inspired me to try free motion letters in the quilting. The rest of the quilting was playful, too. Just rows of scribbling. And a first try at orange peel pattern in the squares (they are 2" cut and 1.5" finished size.  It has been washed and dried, is crinkly and ready to find a new home...

Wish you a lovely weekend! They are forecasting a rainy sunday, here. That might be a good opportunity to keep working on my scrap busting...

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november finish

I recently received Scrap Republic by Emily Cier, a lovely book that shares ideas of using your smaller pieces. Also very inspired by the colorful creations of Jolene over at Blue Elephant Stitches, I just had to give it a try.

Starting with a sunny yellow center, I added one or two logs of each color.

My scrappy rainbow log cabin is 38" by 39". I quilted diagonal lines 1" apart on Hobbs Thermore polyester batting. The back is a colorful print from Nancy Wolff. A lot of times I struggle to find a good backing. Looking through my stash of children's prints this one was a perfect match!

I have saved a lot of colorful small pieces. The book has great ideas and patterns on how to use them all. I hope to dive into those scraps again soon...

There's been stormy, wet weather lately. I have a few finishes waiting for photo opportunities. Wish you all some time to create!

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friday finish

These cute tumblers from Heather Ross prints made a small panel. My first idea was to make it into a pillow. When I looked through my stash I found to different yard cuts that complemented the color palette nicely. Both of these pieces happened to be a full yard. Most of my stash are in 1/2 yrd pieces.

This unexpected find tempted me to frame the panel and make it into a little quilt. There's a lot to be said about diving into ones stash. It might surprise you what you find, there! Of course, it's taken some years to build it up. And It will take serious effort to use it all...

Sometimes when I look through or rearrange my stash I come across fabric that refuses to blend with the others, a different tone of color, a special design... My first thought is to remove these "loners". A few times now, these fabrics who refuses to blend with the rest, have been the PERFECT fabrics for a work in progress. This have taught me to hold on to them. When I am looking for a bit of contrast, they might be just the one I need...

These two yard cuts both came in this "loner" category. (the fabrics are Lizzy Dish (honey) and Lecien (purple)). I love how they complement the colors of the tumbler panel! Cheers for the oddballs, loners ... need a better word to describe them.

My HR tumbler finished at 35" * 40". I used Hobbs cotton batting for this one. Conveniently, a bit of snow was provided yesterday. Perfect backdrop!

Have a lovely weekend. It might be time for a stash treasure hunt?

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a little finish

Remember this little quilt? I like the look of crincled softness after I washed it and dried it in the tumbledryer. Warm & Natural cotton batting and machinepiecing does the trick - I guess. Now, I'll just wait for the little princess to arrive. Sometime before christmas...

... until next time - take care ...