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Old 09-26-2014, 09:09 AM
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Squeeeeeeel - I love both.
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Old 09-26-2014, 09:21 AM
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What a great way to use up those scraps.
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I am a scrappy person too and I love, love, love what you did with all of those scraps. I have book marked this page so I can return to it later when I run out of ideas! Tee-Hee-Hee!
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You know what? Those quilts are simply stunning especially the first one!
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AnnaK,
Your quilts are beautiful! I just finished 2 very scrappy log cabin quilts, forgot to take pictures before I gave them away.
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The second quilt is a pattern called Hot Dish. It's from a blog called StitchinTherapy send was posted around May 2014. It is so easy to put together. My friend and I each made one and she made hers with all floral fabric, different border. Looks very different from mine and lovely as well. Thank you everyone for your nice comments!
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Thank you. Love Luna moths. Wish we had them in No. CA.
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Old 09-26-2014, 03:51 PM
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Blocks are 12" finished. The little strips were cut 1 1/2" wide. The center sq. is 6" finished. I made up the pattern after seeing one like it with solid fabric pieces. Still give too many scraps!
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I pieced colorful rows with white alternates, then cut them in 2 1/2" strips. I first sewed a white, 2 1/2" inner border, then the strip with squares and finished with another white border. Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by AnnEliz View Post
When I started quilting in 1993, I just simply hated scrappy quilts. Now I like them a lot. However, I never have enough fabric left over to make an entire quilt and my other scraps don't match. I know you don't need to match patches, but I have a fobia about matching I guess. All the quilts that I see here, seem to have matching fabrics and so do the magazine quilts and also the quilting book scrappy quilts. This frustrates me since I am very bad at colors. Any suggestions? I do want to work with scraps and make some nice items.
I just take pieces out of my scrap bag and after a while if it looks like I need to brighten it up, I reach for yellow or orange or pink... I don't fuss too much with matching anything. You can't match scrap quilts, they just happen!
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