This is what I decided to do with my left-over 1 1/2 inch strips. I sewed them together with a 45 degree angle and sewed until they were all in one strip. That strip was 992 inches long. Then I pressed it....yes I really did. Then sewed it end to end. Then cut it in half. Repeat. I did that until it was 82 X 15.75 (I can tell my seams were too wide since it should have been 16 inches.) I decided to cut that into 8th's and use them as blocks. Framing that with a dark green brought the quilt up to a more useful size.
I am working on this quilt when I need to rest from quilting. Here's a picture of the top third of the quilt:Hey, it looks like a table runner; I could stop here.
It is truly a stash quilt, I'm using what I have; trying to whittle down my Christmas fabric collection....
The back will be a collection of 1/4 yard cuts that I've had for years....maybe I'll sew them the same way I did the blocks...but with 90 degree angles. This will be the third Christmas back pieced from stash. I might see a reduction in the pile with this. :)
(Can you tell I love experimenting with my EQ7?)
Visiting other's design walls is fun, go over to Judy's to get a list of them.
10 comments:
This quilt reminds me of a well filled library! One of my favorite places :)
Good job making use of the scraps.
What a great idea!
Don't you love being able to use up scraps...this does look like library books. CUTE.
Fun way to use your scraps. Looks nice.
I thought it looked like books too, what a great layout. Nice job.
Brilliant idea! Love what you have so far!
Great idea! Love it!
Clever and effective! What fun. Love the serious look on your quilt hanger :)
great idea for a different sort of string quilt!!
Clever. Well done. Very pretty.
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