Hello, and welcome to my blog. After the rush of the holidays I was able to get back to my sewing area and make some progress.
I had two shoe boxes overflowing with 2 inch fabric strips and squares, and I made a a top using the Clean Up pattern, by Quilted Twins. It is described in my previous blog post. This did not deplete the shoe boxes very much, and I made another top using the 2 inch fabric squares and a constant sage green fabric. It looks like this:
And a close up view:
This top is now about 53 by 67 inches. It used up scraps at a slower rate, so this is what my shoe boxes look like now:
Argh. I am now prepping 2 inch squares for a quilt block 5 by 5 squares, with some narrow sashing, which ought to use these squares faster. Let's make lots of blocks! That's this week's project.
I also got distracted by a new project. I purchased a jelly roll of ocean fabric and I am making log cabin blocks, along with my Stashbuster group. The image below shows 15 bigger blocks, and a pile of 5 blocks that got lost behind the sewing machine, and need some more strips sewn on. I am waiting on an infusion of more fabric from this fabric line.
The jelly roll had many strips of medium value, so it's been a fun challenge. That's my update for this week.
Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.
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Don't stop the 2" square quilt now!!! Keep going, empty those shoe boxes. What you have so far is fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteSo. Many. Squares. It looks great!
ReplyDeleteGood work finding ways to use your 2" squares and strips.
ReplyDeleteI like the gray neutral for your squares. It's been fun to see the ways the log cabins are coming together among the SBs.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely colors in those Log Cabins.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like it takes forever to make quilts with 2" blocks. But you've got a good start on one and hopefully your log cabin blocks will use more of them.
ReplyDeleteThe 2 inch one is really growing - keep going!! but your distraction looks great too!
ReplyDeleteI followed your link to check out the other scrappy quilt and I love how both have "rests" for the eyes, rather than just solid scrappiness. The gray in this one does the trick! I'll have to keep these in mind for whenever I get around to purging scraps!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with how much has come out of those shoe boxes! You are on a roll creating wonderful tops. . .keep it up!!!
ReplyDeleteI certainly know the frustration of the scraps not being depleted. They seem to multiply instead of reducing. I have found several Quilted Twins quilts that I want to make.
ReplyDeleteGreat scrappy quilt with your 2" squares. I have a box of 2.5" squares that I keep trying to use up. I try to come up with a different idea each time and make baby quilts out of them. Keep sewing!
ReplyDeleteLove your scrappy 2" quilt. I think I know what I am going to do with mine :)
ReplyDeleteI love your scrappy top, the grey background looks fabulous with these bright little squares. Well done with the scrap boxes even if they are not emptied ;) The nautical fabric is beautiful, I love these log cabin blocks!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing and linking up!