Quilting produces copious piles of fabric and batting scraps, and I have a hard time discarding anything over an inch. But, it’ll be a while before I’m up to making another large scrap project.
Our new bar and sitting room were in need of coasters, and I had a few bits of quilt sandwiches that were used to test my machine tension, and a big pile of HSTs left over from making quilt squares. I still have a huge pile of HSTs, because squaring up 1.5" squares is tedious.
They kind of look like sets, although slightly mismatched as scraps tend to be. One red/white/blue, the other various batiks.
What a great and useful use for your scraps! I love your quilting designs and as always, I’m impressed with your free motion skills (do I say that every time? Lol, probably because it’s definitely true every time I see your work!)!
My favorite coaster is the one with green batik fabric on the back. I love that quilt design and the front piecework is such a fun pattern. It’s like you’re giving everyone little works of art to set their drinks upon!
Excellent use of scraps! It took me a minute of reading and scrolling and reading and scrolling to realized these were coaster sized. Dude! That said, I am only half-a-cup caffeinated yet this morning. Maybe that’s way I can’t figure out what HST means? Or because I’m not a quilter? Or just because I’m [gestures wildly at own head].
Thank you! I wish I had managed to line up the points better on those tiny squares, but I hate pinning (and they’re mine, so there was very little pressure to get anything perfect).
hahah!