JJBlaine

Congrats to all who stayed strong in March. I did not have too bad a March on my moratorium...I did have a small slip and bought 2-1/2 yards in quarter yard cuts from the sale bin at hobby lobby, but I've already started using them in my 365 quilt.

As for what I used, for this twin sized quilt top, I bought six small cuts of patriotic fabrics, the rest were all stash fabrics:

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It's my son's favorite, It had a very damaged top, but the backing was still in decent shape. He really loved the drape and the quilting, and asked if I could salvage it. I made the new top and tied it to preserve the existing quilting design, and put on a new binding. Happily, he was thrilled!

I also used about 2-1/2 yards so far from my stash for my mother's Fractured Crystals quilt. I still need to attach the borders, and make a matching valance for her window, and maybe some pillow cases, so I'll be using up a few more yards in the next couple of weeks.

oksewglad

Well done, JJB

Teen

Wonderful save, JJ! Looks awesome....I can see why your son likes it so much.

Irishrose2

A very nice quilt, JJ. That pattern is on my bucket list.

retiredteacher09

JJBlaine: Very nice save and may your son get many more years of use from it.

Conchalea

Teen, on March 24 I went with my riding group on a long ride in search of TX wildflowers through central Texas. I put 320 miles on my bike & the front fork seals started leaking about 70 miles from home. I got home okay but was afraid to ride it to the shop so I had it towed there. Let's see if my bluebonnet (state flower of Texas) picture will load.

Conchalea

I posted a picture of my obsession quilt, Final Frontier, on the picture page. It used some stash-the black, teal, purple, & gold in the blocks. A small panel of the patterned teal is on the back, because the new yardage wasn't quite large enough. I also have a picture of one of the mug rugs I made with stash. It used maybe 1/2 of a FQ in all.
I used this rug to practice ruler quilting.

Conchalea

JJB, I really like your quilt! What is the name of that 3D pattern?

Teen

Conchalea.........awesome ride!! Hopefully, you'll be back on the road in no time. I broke down on the Laughlin run 3 years ago but thank goodness I was in Laughlin and a friend towed his bike to the event. So, we towed mine and he road his home. Phew! In the shop it went.... Harley rides aren't complete unless you break down. Lol!

Really pretty mug rug...great job on ruler work. Nice and even. Keep practicing...you'll get there.

I made this mug rug from a reject block on my current project. It did not come out to 6 1/2 so I made another one....but this block is so cool looking ( 3/4" pieces) I decided to make it as a gift for someone for all their help on SBS. Shhhhhhhh!

JJBlaine

Thanks so much. It was fun and so fast to piece...I think it only took me about four hours to stitch together!

It's a shadowbox quilt. I saw similar ones on Pinterest, and figured out the measurements based on the size of the quilt I was attaching it to, (5"x15" blocks, 1-1/2" wide shadows, and 2" sashings). Obviously my math needs a little to be desired, because the top and bottom borders are significantly narrower than the sides, lol.

One difference in mine is that in the top right and bottom left corners of each focus block, I added a HST of the sashing fabric so that the "shadows" actually connect with the corners of the blocks. Most of the ones on Pinterest have a square of the background fabric in those corners instead, and the blocks look like they are floating.