Rail Fence Quilt

When I returned to the USA and began taking quilting classes, like all enthusiasts, I found catalogs of stuff to buy, including fabrics.  One of my kids found one of those catalogs and fell in love with a pack of 6 fat quarters, in the turquoises and blues of the tropical island where we used to live (Guam).  I bought the 6 fat quarters with the thought of making a quilt...someday.  That was probably 20 years ago.  Here is the Rail Fence quilt.  It measures 46 X 61. 

The front.

The back.  I used every scrap of the 6 fat quarters, except miniscule trimmings to square up the fabric.  The four little blocks are leftovers, and the large block was all the trimmings sewn together.  I even outlined the signature square with leftover pieces.

Domestic machine pieced, domestic machine quilted, stitched in the ditch. Backing blocks were sewn on by hand applique.

StashBusting:

6 fat quarters

2 yards muslin

1/3 yard of leftover fabric for binding

Another Apron

I made an apron and some coasters for my oldest from a favorite fabric.  I attached leftover Battenburg lace from the quilt I made for my Mom to her apron.

I didn't get a chance to make an apron for my youngest child at that time.  After talking wiht her this evening and telling her about Becky's full apron, she asked for one, too.

Although this looks like Autumn, it is really a very pretty Christmas print fabric with gold accents.  The apron is lined with a plain white muslin. The Battenburg lace is the last piece leftover from Mom's quilt.

StashBusting (including Becky's apron below):

1 yard of leftover white muslin fabric

1 yard of assorted blue/yellow prints fabric

1 yard of leftover Battenburg lace

1 yard Christmas print fabric 

Becky's Birthday...

Christmas 2009, I made Becky, my neighbor, this tablerunner in her kitchen colors of yellow and blue.  The coasters were just a little extra.  I had some of the fabric leftover and never really planned anything with it.  However, Becky's birthday is Friday...

Becky's table runner and coasters

So now, with the scraps from the tablerunner, I made this:

Becky's fully lined new apron!

Stashbusting Baby Quilt

I was looking through some fabric and came across the remaining strips of the Triangle Sprider Web Quilt.  There were only a few so I whacked them into 2 inch strips.  They made four blocks and a spare.  Well, why not add triangles and set them on point? OK. Then I used the rest of the WOW fabric to piece the rest of it.  Of course, it needed a border, so I rootled around and found the peach fabric. Once that was done, it needed binding.

Despite careful placement and checking twice, I managed to sew the left bottom block upside down...and didn't see it until I photographed the finished quilt. 

Stashbusting:

1/4 yard of strip pieces from Triangle Spider Web Quilt

1 yard leftover fabric from back of the Double Irish Chain Quilt

Scraps from M-I-L Alma's quilt

1 yard of batting bought at a yard sale for $1.00

8 X 45 inches of leftover Christmas fabric for binding

1 yard of leftover white fabric

The quilt measures 36 inches by 40 inches.  Destined for the Swap Meet craft sale.

Two Aprons

Mom needed door prizes for a baby shower she is hosting.

So I found some seersucker fabric with cherries, another with citrus fruits, and some red gingham...because red gingham just makes it all look vintage.  They turned out cute. Hope the winners like them.

Green Strip Quilt

After using the leftover strips of fabric from the Two-fers Circle quilt to make 2 smaller baby-sized quilts, I thought, Hey!  I can do that with the leftover green strips, too!

Viola!  A strip-pieced baby quilt.  Probably will be sold at the craft fair.

StashBusting:

1 yard+ of leftover muslin

leftover green fabric strips

 10 pieces of leftover batting (seamed together)
1 spool of thread

I had to buy 1 1/2 yards of polka dot fabric to finish the back. Stitched in the ditch by domestic machine.