Would Granny have done this?
My grandmother was a quilter in the old-fashioned way. All her quilts were made from scraps. Most were hand-pieced, and all were hand-quilted. I must have a lot of her ways in me. I'm always trying to re-use things. But I draw the line at sewing anything by hand!
We have pulled some fabric out of our stash to make a Christmas quilt for Emmaline, and it uses the covered corner technique for a couple of the units. I was about to throw away the waste from trimming, and thought, "These are all the same size, and they're already matched up. Couldn't I use them for something?" So, I started sewing them together, then pressed them and trimmed them all to 1 & 5/8", meaning they will finish at 1 & 1/8" in a quilt. I think they will end up as a coordinating dolly quilt. Of course my wife thinks I'm insane for messing with them, but I think it will be fun when it's finished. Besides, isn't this how quilting got its start?
These are the leftovers
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Here are a couple of the blocks from the actual quilt
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