Back at it

I am so excited about this. It is made entirely of scrap quilt orphan blocks and strips from my stash. It is laid over batting so it measures out with the back. I plan to spray baste and have it ready for a Secret Santa gift in December. 

I am thrilled to use so much from my stash! Yes, it looks wrinkled. Finish pictures before it leaves here for its new home. I saved the leftovers from three different quilts that are clearly indicated in rows. 

When there are enough colors, everything matches, patterns can be seen in the columns. Then, I pulled out a fabric for vertical sashing, and another for vertical borders.

I got a piece of batting cut, and also cut the back, which needs joining and cutting to size.

After watching some You Tube tutorials, I learned the different types of basting. Thread and needle for hand quilting, safety pins for machine quilting, and spray basting for long arm. Spray basting also works for scrappy quilting because pieces may be cut every which way, and be from numerous fabric houses as well as years. I don’t know if or which have been pre washed, so it gives all pieces a 

chance for a little uniformity in the piecing.

Also, I finished a Birthday gift, which is a candle mug rug and a jar opener. It’s hard to see how the jar opener works as it show dark in this pic. I plan to make more for gifts this year, so will see if I can get better shots on here. 

I am quite aware that the next generations don’t really want gifts as much as they want time, conversations and doing things together. Hard when they are all 2000 miles away.

We do our best.

The next thing I worked on was the mini quilt swap for September. I love how he turned out so much that I had to ship him right away or I might have kept him. So he is in the mail. 

I love the idea of making mini quilts. My fabric supply is getting down finally, and I can handle those projects better. 

It’s been so much fun, and while there is enough to keep me busy for years, I am ok with pacing myself and having a great deal of pleasure. No matter if everyone I know has a share of quilts, so many folks still appreciate them.

Well, this same person is my partner in a table runner swap. So onward!