It was so much work, not just the usual putting together of colours, but the backing of the puffs. I did it differentIy to the post above and sewed all 4sides then slit a stuff hole, then sewed it up after piecing. Hence, so much work.
I can’t remember what I used to stuff it, probably some form of polyfill - is that what Americans reference? Certainly not polyfilla here in the UK, that is a whole different thing
But yes, couldn’t easily be used as a lap quilt because it is heavy. They used it as something nice to sit on in a window nook. But they used to live in a very cold house and did use it in winter as a top quilt. I guess if you like weighted blankets then it would work like that.
I have no idea why I thought it would be good to make one, but I think in most circumstances it would be more decorative than useful. Definitely never making one again!!!
I hate to be a broken record, but the scrap quilt I’m working on can be done with a jelly roll for a put together look, or ULTRA scrappy with whatever 2.5” strips you have. If you watch the video of her making it, she makes 2 whole quilts to demonstrate the difference. The beginning is the jelly roll (red, orange, purple on left) but you can fast forward to the ultra scrappy version on the right.
Great scrappy squares! They’re awesome! The upside of not making a dent in the stash is that you have plenty more fabric to make more squares and a bigger quilt.
I’ve just watched that video. How much do I want her quilting machine?! Pinning and quilting are my least favourite parts of the proxess, an automatic machine would be heaven!
Thank you I’m going back to it now, I hope to get ten squares finished today. I’m thinking a 4*5 array of blocks with sashing would make a nice lap quilt. But if I’ve loads, it might get bigger
EDIT: the blues and greens are officially done!! I made 21x9.5" squares, plenty for decent sized lap quilt. And this is all I’ve left over…
For my sanity I don’t keep really small scraps, anything plain less than about 1.5 inches goes and anything that has a lovely pattern I’ll keep if it’s about 1"
Here’s the first steps of my attempt to use up my boring scraps. Actually now I’m working on it it’s starting to grow on me, maybe in a while I won’t think it’s ugly!
The finished size of what I’ve got so far will be 22,5" x 22,5" so I’ll need to add some more blocks. Right now I’m out of yellow scraps, but I’m using it on the back of another quilt so that may yield more scraps. I’ve got enough blue fabric for 11 7,5" blocks more.
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I really think that when we take our ugly/boring fabric and put them together, they blend and come out nicely! You can use contrast, like you have done, to make an interesting quilt! I love a mix of floral type patterns (rounded) with more geometric…excellent!
For this block, I cut the 5" squares into a long strip, a short strip and a square. What I didn’t like about the original squares is that in many of them you’d see a small bit of an animal and otherwise just foliage / background. When I cut the squares into smaller pieces, I’d expected the animals to disappear completely. But I feel like they’re more visible now than they were. It feels a bit like the animals are playing hide and seek.
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I have about a half yard of several pieces of fabric like that…it just looks like animals or birds with no heads or no legs…I have been loathe to use them because of that, but now that I have seen yours, you are right…sort of looks like a built in peek-a-boo! lol
It is probably more helpful to say that the blocks are 9" and the sashing and border 2"
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Your scraps quilts are such an inspiration. Your “get it done” process is so inspiring and they always come out unique and not as I expect. It is a great size. I am sure your friend loved it!
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I’m going back to it now, I hope to get ten squares finished today. I’m thinking a 4*5 array of blocks with sashing would make a nice lap quilt. But if I’ve loads, it might get bigger 
