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.
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.
