I blame this post on @sloth003 and @Edel Keep on inspiring and busting stash ladies!
Both have been prolific lately in posting scrappy quilt projects. I am a huge lover of scrappy projects myself, but it has been a long time since I have felt inspired to poke around my fabric stash. And it is exactly because of that reason that I thought it would be a smart idea to use as much of it up as I could to make a new quilt for my queen bed that badly needs a new quilt top (our old one is made for a twin bed maybe? and is not at all adequate for 2 people - Iām over it!).
Most of these fabrics were less than a 1/4 of a yard because for a while I was really into TM patches, so itās nice to use them up so I now have a reason to buy new fabric I also picked the pattern because @sloth003 did it recently and I looked at that and thoughtā¦āitās just strips sewn togetherā¦maybe I can do that too.ā
The finished beast - easily fits over my queen mattress, itās approximately 88" x 88" and is finished with tie quilting (I didnāt want to try to drag that through my sewing machine).
And close ups. I put some arrows to point out some fabrics I got from other people over the years: @Abbeeroad gave me some of her beautiful dyed fabric scraps, @Edel and I did a swap for printed fabric years ago and Iām still using them up, @smashu and I swapped on a Fabric Printing swap I hosted on deadster years ago and Iām still using her beautiful prints, and thereās also one from kawaiihelen from deadster (I donāt know if she made the transition here) that I love too. Thereās more but I canāt pick them out - if I missed one that you can identify shout it out
And because Iām not a real quilter, I like to finish my back with something cushy and warm so I used fleece (no batting layer in-between). It was a hell of a time to get these two layers together so sue me if Iām not going to add a third for fun.
It came out so beautifully! Seriously wonderful job my friend.
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You made it your own for sure! The top is very colorful and full of happy scrappy memories and such a variety of fabricsā¦the back looks cozy and warm and does the job it is supposed to doā¦
Well doneā¦and something off your scrap busting list!
Funny story, I could only buy 8 yards of the fleece (it was either 4 or 8 or even more and I needed 5 yards ) so now I have 3ish yards leftover and no idea what to do with it!
Excellent job! Itās bright and your corners match!
I too have been using hoarded and saved handprints from both @Edel and yourself. (someone is walking around my home town right this second with a bright yellow potter ādark markā mask)
If you want some more scraps for the matching couch quilt let me know! I can stuff a bag and post it off!
Keep on inspiring and busting stash ladies!
I also picked the pattern because @sloth003 did it recently and I looked at that and thoughtā¦āitās just strips sewn togetherā¦maybe I can do that too.ā
) so now I have 3ish yards leftover and no idea what to do with it! 
the fleece back is a great idea.