My DD best friend is
leaving for UC Davis in a few days. Loves animals and wants to be a
veterinarian. Has worked had towards this goal for a long time,
voluntary at a office, being involved with animal rescue and
fostering many animals. I wanted to send Emily off with a quilt
showing support with lots of love and hugs. Bought some dog fabric
for the front.
About 50% of the
fabric was found in my stash, including the horse fabric on the back.
I was very happy
with the fabric I selected for the binding.
Emily – Wishing
you the best, study hard and have fun!
Linking up to Can I
get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
When Beth at Love
Laugh Quilt first posted about Dump and Sew I knew I had a bag of
scraps to use. Several weeks before I had come home from Project
Linus with a bag full of scraps and strips to make string quilts. I
had made 60 blocks and was getting bored and had already started a
few crumb blocks. Out dumped the bag, including the crumb blocks. I sorted a little, taking out the RW&B, and added some triangles.
Crumb blocks are at
the top of the picture.
The hardest
challenge of this project was not to cut as much as I normally do.
There were many strips in the bag and I sewed some together, folded,
cut in half, and sewed again. I sat at the machine, sewed, did not
iron and did not use the rotary cutter; two hours later ended up with
14 odd shaped blocks. It actually was very relaxing letting go of rules and letting the
fabric dictate what shape the block was going to end up. This is what
I ended up with after ironing, and squared up the corners:
I made some
connecting strips.
Final flimsy:
Yes, it looks like I
threw in some perfect 16 patch blocks, but this one was made with a
3” and 2 1/2” strips (fungly fabric – lipstick & mascara).
Sew, fold, cut. I think I could make a whole quilt this way.
Thanks Beth for
challenge. I enjoy this method and will try it again.
Check out the other
quilts at the linky party at Love Laugh Quilt.
What have I been
working on? A memory quilt for a friend of mine using her husbands
shirts. Tony passed away about 2 years ago, After 57 years of
marriage she is devastated, living with a heartache no one can heal.
It's a blessing that she has 5 grandchildren, 2 wonderful sons and
daughter-in-laws that live close and see her often.
I offered to make a
quilt using Tony's shirts and received 5 plaid/stripe shirts along
with 7 knit shirts.
I'm using the ChunkyChurndash pattern from Bonnie Hunter, a free pattern from her blog. I
increased the blocks size to a finish 7½". Also added a few
flower printed fabrics, they seem to soften the plaids and stripes
which seemed so flat alone. I have finished all the blocks, showing
about half. I need to square up the hourglass blocks before I sew
them together.
I hope this quilt
gives her some comfort and she has sweet dreams with Tony's arms
around her.
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get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
