I started this
project with no plan besides using my triangle ruler. I went in my sewing room and looked directly
at my overflowing scrap bin. I knew then,
it had to be made out of those. Yep, I
need to get rid of fabric and declutter. I am having some organizing issues!!
I started pulling
out fabric and saw a bunch of florals.
Anything from modern to vintage.
Some I bought and some that was given to me. The perfect fabrics to use in a scrap quilt
together. I decided to mix them with
some white.
When I started, I
did not know who I was going to give this too.
After spending some of the first day cutting 8 inch triangles from
scraps, I found out a friend that has always treated me as family had breast
cancer. She’s tall, so I cut more
triangles. Making the quilt finish at 72
x 72 inches. This used up most of my
larger floral scraps.
I sewed together the
triangles randomly, then the rows randomly.
This is always a hard thing for me to do, but usually the quilts turn out
awesome.
I sandwiched the
quilt using some vintage fabric backing with a small scrap added on to make it
wide enough. The quilting is done with
free motion quilting of loops in the triangles. I think I have actually almost perfected this FMQ
design!
The binding I
used was made out of some more scrap floral from the quilt. Machine sewed for this challenge of
course.
Finished on
Saturday, but work was calling. No time
for writing or photography.
What a beautiful gift!
ReplyDeleteLove a pretty scrappy quilt! Good work!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! Your friend will love it
ReplyDeletenailed it! Great job!
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