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I was given a pile of fabric sample books from someone on Freecycle. Although some of the fabrics were 100% cotton, in general they are very large scale florals and very large scale toiles. In addition to the scale of the prints, because they are fabric samples there were maybe 5 of the same design but in different colors x pages and pages of different designs.

I thought it was a great challenge to find a use for these fabrics and debated how to organize the prints - by color, by theme - etc. I decided to make my first lap quilt using all fussy cut flowers in huge blocks. Each block is 9" square. I'm thinking of this quilt as a "spring" theme since I'm so sick of the snow!

I have enough fabric to make a few more like this, but with different flowers and I can make couple of quilts with the toiles too. I am pleased with how it looks and hope you enjoy seeing it.

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Looks good! I am very fond of flowers and you have a great variety.

Good use of the fabric. It sure looks like Spring to me

Turned out beautifully.

nicely done

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. It's a quilt for all seasons. Who doesn't like flowers!

very nice use of your fabric! colorful too

great upcycle. we need some flowers now too.

What a great idea! Nice that you recycled these fabrics in such a creative way. It really is a very lovely quilt. You can bet I am going to keep this in mind for a future quilt. Thanks for posting.

Very interesting

You did a great job.

very unique'

That is really a job well done. When given scraps, make a quilt and you did it successfully.

Love the way you put it together. The solid really sets it off. great quilt.

I love it! A perfect quilt for this time of year when we're all looking forward to Spring. This was definitely the solution for those large florals.

How sweet it turned out! You are very creative.

You did a great job. Now you can have your garden with you no matter the season. BrendaK

Several years ago I went garage saling with DDIL in Ohio I found a sale with hundreds of sample books and they were free. We loaded up about 15 my granddaughter has made doll cloths we made pot holders, coasters and have been contemplating a quilt! So many choices I even made a purse.

Very clever use of the fabric. And it sure looks like spring!

Great design!!! Lovely spring quilt.

Nicely done, if it were me I'd still be staring at the design wall wondering what to do! :thumbup:

Great job! The solids definitely help to focus on the flowers. And definitely very 'springy'.

very springy quilt. Nice use of free fabric.

It's georgeous, love the fabrics and how you put them together......great rescue too, the planet thanks you:).

What a great "recycle".

Fabulous... you have an eye for color coordination. I love it. You put those scraps to a great use.

That is very pretty. Great job.

How pretty and it is a great looking "Welcome Spring" quilt. I am so tired of snow and more snow...looking forward to the flowers around here.

Oh, that is so pretty!

That would definitely chase the winter blahs away !!! Very pretty.

Love your "flower garden."

Beautiful flowers.

This is beautiful! It reminds me of a gallery wall of botanical prints. Very creative way to use the fabric given!<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/7de6c67b/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>

What a beautiful quilt - great use of your fabric!

great idea and a lovely quilt

A very nice quilt. I great idea on how to use large print.

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*** Good job & a nice recycle.
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Very pretty !!!

Very pretty. Good job.

That turned out great.