Originally Posted by Lena1952

It is my understanding that if you spay/neuter newly purchased fabrics before bringing them home they will not turned into little scraps. Please notice I said it is my understanding. Since I have not remembered to neuter my fabrics there are scraps multiplying as I write! This quilt gives me hope for many of those rascals. Instead of scraps they are like little pieces of art just waiting to come together in one gorgeous quilt! Great work!

Originally Posted by Sheep Farmer

I grabbed my hefty bag of scraps, bits 'n pieces and started sewing them together. I figured I could use up All of my scraps.

Ha!

I don't think I even made a dent in the scrap pile! What's up with that!?!

I did not use any foundation for the blocks; however, I had some old adding machine tape laying around and used it to sew pieces for the border. That was a huge help when it came time to trimming since I didn't have to worry about measuring! The adding machine tape was already 2-inches.

I used my Hanging Gardens pattern (from Cozy Quilt Designs) for the layout. I had to do some math (ouch) for the setting triangles since my 7-inch scrappy blocks were smaller than what the pattern calls for.

I really, really enjoyed sewing all the bits 'n pieces together to make the blocks. It was very relaxing sewing. I ended up making about 50 blocks very quickly. Just a bit disheartening to make that many blocks and look down at the pile of scrap and realize that there is just as much scrap fabric as when I started . . . maybe more!