Originally Posted by copycat

I love to make bookmarks with scraps using the pinking blade. I use them in my quilting books and give them away to friends with a cookbook or novel.

I have also used the pinking blade to make blocks for a rag quilt. I cut both quilt back squares and background squares used to make the top or front of the quilt using the pinked blade. For the front blocks of the quilt I made a pinwheel block, put a circle template over the pinwheel block and used the pinked blade to cut out the circle. Next, Layer the background square, batting , and pinked pinwheel circle. Sew the circle to the background. That is the front block of the quilt. You will place the circle pinwheel block over square batting and backing square. Sew Backing, Batting and front pinwheel square with 1/2' seam allowances as done when making a rag quilt. The Pinked edges of the blocks look cute facing up. My quilt is very scrapping and I wish I used all the same color background squares. I call it colors gone wild.