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| Waste Not, Want Not |
Here's
the third quilt I worked on during our two weeks at the campground. I
brought along a storage bin full of 2½” half-square triangles cut
from scraps left over from other quilts. I've been collecting these
for quite a while; the top wouldn't close on the box.
They
were sorted by color, so finding coordinating fabrics was easy. I
chain pieced the triangles, then pressed before sewing into four
patch blocks. My Singer Featherweight, Annie, breezed right through
this project.
After
we got home, I arranged them on my design wall to balance out the
colors before sewing them into rows. To fill in the sides, I used 4”
triangles from another of my remnant boxes. Neutral striped borders
made a nice frame.
I
quilted with white thread and a walking foot, using a zig-zag utility
stitch. Waste Not, Want Not is the perfect name for this bonus quilt.
It finished at 52” square.
I
didn't even use half of that storage bin, can you believe it?
There's probably enough left in that one for two more quilts. I just
can't keep myself from saving little bits of material, especially my
favorite fabrics.
I
try to schedule a day every few months to cut scraps into most used
shapes and sizes: triangles, squares, strips, and rectangles. It pays
off because I sort them by size and color, which saves time and
reduces storage space. I always have something ready to sew for
borders, blocks, or whole quilts.
Accuquilt
dies used:
55018
Value Die Half Square Triangle 2½”
55031
Half Square Triangle 4½”
55032
Strips 3½”
55017
Strips 2½”
Here's
the second scrap quilt that I pieced during our camping trip. Hot
pink, navy, bright aqua, chrome yellow, and vivid orange prints blend
together for a wild hippie 1970's vibe. I enjoyed sewing all these blocks on
the Featherweight.
Once
we got home, I arranged them on my design wall and looked in my inventory for sashing
fabric. My final choice is unusual, but suggested by my husband, so I
went for it. The small yellow flowers on a black background look very
similar to a peasant dress that I wore in high school.
Bohemian
Rhapsody finished at 48” square. I quilted with dark gray thread in
a free motion meandering pattern, while listening to the music of the
70's...perfect!
Dies
used:
Accuquilt
55601
Mill & Stars 8” finished
55017
Strips 2½”
Blue
Wren 6015 Strips 1½”
