I posted pics over the weekend of the tube quilt top I pieced. It was made by making tubes out of 6 strips, then cutting them diagonally...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-111038-1.htm
Well, there was very little waste, just a small triangle on each tube end. I couldn't just throw those away! So I trimmed them and connected them into a baby quilt. It turned out about 23" x 34", so I'll add some white borders to make it a tad bigger before quilting it, then bind it with some extra Bliss fabric I have.
I even saved the bits I trimmed when squaring up the blocks, and will have enough to put two scrappy "stripes" across the back of the baby quilt. I love to add a surprise on the back.

It's going to be adorable! Can't wait to see it finished! :)

nice!

That was a great idea. Love both of your quilts, so crisp and cool looking. Wonderful job.

great use of leftovers!! quilters are the best!!!

Sew very pretty!

What a great job; and oh so frugal. This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Really cute, great job!

Very pretty.

Is there any pics or how to's to do this ??

Well..... I started making the big tube quilt top from this tute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WgTyqB8Pc
I used 32" strips (2.5" wide) and when I cut the tubes I got four blocks for the big quilt, with one leftover triangle (half block) on each end of the tube. I saved those triangles.

Now if you look at the above photo of the baby quilt top, you will see all the big triangles (each contains 6 strips) that I put together. First I had to cut them down to the size of the smallest one-- trimming from the straight grain side. I saved the scrappy trimmings for the stripes I will put on the back. I hope that's clear enough. That's all the instructions there are!

I kind of like the patterning of the baby quilt even better than the big quilt...

(My name is Bonnie, too! ) :-D

Sweet!

Very pretty!

Oh I like the pattern of this quilt. The colors are great too

it looks great, i like it better then the tube quilt pattern

Waste not, want not!
Use it up, make it do, ...
I was raised that way too!