I made a little progress on my slow project. I sewed the brown narrow strip on the right to its neighbor green strip. Then I sewed the 4 patches together and I'm pretty sure that will be the next border there. It is a smidge too long so I will probably just trim it off after I sew it to the center. The brown stripe strip across the bottom won't be sewn on until I decide if it needs a narrow strip on the left and another strip on the right. I also need to decide if the top border will just be a strip of fabric, not a pieced border. It is approximately 32" x 36" now. I want it to end up at least 50" x 70".
I was in the basement yesterday morning while doing laundry. I decided to check out this box. It was on the floor under one of my tables and I knew it had pieces that are 2.5" wide. There was a pile on top where I had just been dropping new pieces, mostly leftovers from binding strips there for a few years. When I opened it I found that it was nearly full and when I added the pieces that had been on top of it, I couldn't get the lid on.
I peeled back the top layers on the left to see what was near the bottom. Some strips are full width in the box too, leftovers from some cutting from many years ago.
Then I peeled back a layer on the right side. I will probably start sorting through it some evening this month. First I'll pull all of the full width strips and then sort by length for the rest of them.
I also got 2 pieces of batting cut, one for a large quilt and one for a baby quilt. Now I need to sew the long seam in the backing for the large quilt.
8 comments:
Ah, I love opening a box of possibilities! I think that’s why I so enjoy receiving scraps from others. It’s such an enjoyable time sorting, grouping and dreaming of possibilities:)
Neat borders on your project, Wanda;)))
A box of goodies is great to find--all pre-cut and ready to use...;)))
35 here and lightly raining this early morning...I am still in a "limbo" state as to choosing a new machine project...I will keep on looking...Hugs, Julierose
The slow quilt is developing beautifully. (Though are the snowballs a tad too dark for the HSTs that they abut? I know you'll be rearranging.) Did you recall what quilts that generated the leftover binding/border strips?
The slow quilt is coming along beautifully!
The slow quilt top is looking good! There is a lot of good stuff in that scrap box!
Love the layout of the slow quilt this morning!
You certainly have a wide range of resource boxes with delicious contents when mulling over what a quilt needs next.
Well done in cutting batting for two quilts, all in the same day!
Hugs!
Medallion quilt is a stunning show right now ~ I can only imagine what you may add more to make it larger.
I don't know why I thought the quilt top was larger than you said it is. There is a bit more then that you can do with it. You have a lot of scraps to dig though.
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