Scrappy Christmas Quilt Complete

I'm sure about every quilter has a collection of holiday fabrics. I never buy them, but somehow I seem to accumulate quite a collection. I have added them in my scrap quilts in the hope that I will slowly get rid of them. I ended up with quite a stash of Christmas fabric so I decided to make this quilt. This reduced my Christmas fabric stash substantially. It is good to use things up! I also pieced together some scrap batting for this quilt as well. It also reduces costs! It's like using free batting. The biggest thing is the time that it takes to piece it together. This one wasn't too bad since it was a smaller quilt. 

String Quilt Complete

Do you have certain fabric that should be thrown away but you just cant seem to do it? I know I do! This quilt is the result of not wanting to throw anything away. I found this fabric years ago on the side of the road during a city clean up day. I told myself after I made this quilt I was going to throw the rest out because it was thin and not very good fabric. Guess what? I never did. The tote is back in the basement waiting patiently for the day that I get it back out for another project. 

Cat Quilt Complete

I was happy to finally getting this one finished. I had this top done for over a year now. The pile of quilt tops are slowly dwindling down but it will still take some time to get them all finished. I just have to take one quilt at a time! Easier said than done!

Two More Finishes

Well, its been another busy day. I spent a couple of hours this morning working on crumb blocks until I switched over to get these two quilts finished up. I really like how the scrappy bear paw quilt turned out. I may just keep it! It seems like I either donate or give away most of the quilts I make. That's ok though. I enjoy the look on people's faces when they receive a quilt. It makes me happy! I have kept very few compared to what I have made.

This brick quilt started out as a hexagon quilt. I was frustrated on how my Y seams were turning out, so I made a design change. I ended up cutting all of the hexagons into bricks. This is what I ended up with! I may try hexagons again, but it wont be anytime soon!

Economy Block Quilt #2 Complete

I didn't think I was going to get this one done this afternoon, but after completing the other economy block quilt earlier, I figured why not. I assumed both of these quilts were the same size but this one is a bit larger with one more row across and down, I ended up using some of the quilt backing that I found this week that was 75 percent off. It ended up being 4.49 a yard! You can't beat quilt backing at that price. I ended up getting a total of 12 yards but I probably should have got the rest of the bolts. Live and learn!

Economy Block Quilt Complete

So many quilt tops, so little time! It seems like I am never going to get all of these quilts finished. It probably doesn't help that I am still making tops when I have about forty that are waiting patiently to be quilted. Today I decided to work on this economy block quilt. There are some ugly fabrics in this one but it seems to work for some reason. I have another economy block quilt top to finish as well. That one has a lot more white in it and has a different look to it. It will be fun to compare them when I get the other one done!

Another Crumb Quilt Complete

It has been a pretty productive day. I had finished a quilt earlier in the day and figured that would be it. I at least wanted to load this one on the longarm and ended up working on it this all afternoon to finish it up. I love making these quilts. It is nice to have a project that you don't have to put much thought into! I also like using every little scrap in my stash. I have three more crumb quilt tops to finish yet and each one has a different color for the sashing. I still have to figure out what backing fabric I will use for those. In the mean time, I still have plenty of other projects to do!