Rrainea

Hi all,
I am a newbie quilter just finishing my second quilt.

Yesterday my 96 year old mom gave me 4.5 strips of a quilt she started years ago. The strips are a herringbone pattern made of random scrap bits that are 2” x 4 “. My mom made clothing all her life and had a large supply of scraps when she started it 25 years ago. She would be ecstatic if I could finish it but I don’t have multiple bins of scraps to draw from. The strips came with enough scraps that I can finish the partially completed strip.

I thought that maybe I could put her strips in the centre and then add larger blocks of a different design all around to finish it while only needing a few fabrics. Does anyone have any suggestions for relatively large and easy blocks that might look ok when combined with multicoloured small- pieced central strips? Or maybe another way of using the strips? At this point I have one piece composed of 4 strips sewn together that is 18x 54”, and the single partial strip.

I would be machine quilting it on my mom’s 1950’s Necchi.

thanks very much for any suggestions!

Rrainea in Canada