Showing posts with label Eclectic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eclectic. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2021

Eclectic Quilt and Giveaway



I’ve joined in with the “Show Your Stripes” blog hop.  Many thanks to Carla of 
Creatin’ In The Sticks for allowing me to join and all her hard work of organizing a successful blog hop.

My stripes project began with a smallish quilt.  55” X 60”
Using a bundle of Tim Holtz fabric fat eighths that I have had stashed for a few years.
I pulled out the bundle, plus considered a few extra pieces to add to it.



I cut the pieces into 2.5” strips.



I arranged a line-up and stitched the strips together end to end.  I made the top using the jelly roll race technique except in a controlled manner.



Because I’m terrible at accepting the unknown.  I had to have some control.



I squared it up and quilted it.



Added the binding.  I know, shocking that it isn’t a striped binding!  Who would’ve guessed for a stripes blog hop that I wouldn’t use a stripe for the binding.



Hand stitching the binding to the back is my favorite part of quilting.


And DONE!



I love including selvedges in my quilts.  I stitched the few selvedge strips end to end for a fun narrow row.



That’s another stored project OUT of storage.  It is my last long stored project.  What a super feeling to have ZERO planned projects in storage.

I also don’t want to keep making scraps to store.  I had some strips leftover.  They became a pillow.





But there are STILL some strips and pieces of strips!



Too hard to just toss them out.  And I can’t just keep keeping them. Too many scraps become too chaotic for me.  So I stitched them all together.



Then cut that slab in half, stitched it end to end and I now have a long hot pad for the table.



That’s it.  I always find it amazing how far a fat eighth collection will go.

The Giveaway...




I have a striped fabric postcard that I will send to one of my followers.  Simply include in your comment that you’d like to receive this postcard in your mail.  I will contact the winner for mailing info.

Check out my fellow bloggers sharing their striped projects today to inspire your sewing creativity.