I am committed to working from my stash. Moreover I would like to use up my scraps. I had a zip-loc bag of tidily folded leftovers from a community quilt. That quilt had been made from fat quarters. The remains of those fat quarters I cut into 3½" squares to make nine patches.
I still had some left over 3½" squares, so some of the 3x3 nine patch squares grew to 3x4 "twelve patch" rectangles. Intermingling the 9-patch squares and 12-patch rectangles I assembled four columns that look like this. Alright. I did cheat a bit when I added these red and blue elephants and blue gears from fat quarters in my stash. Here is the assembled top which now measures 36" wide x 42" tall. My recurring question often is, "Should I add borders?" While I ponder the border decision, I set this top aside. In some quilt jargon this top might be called a flimsy, i.e. "a completed quilt top, but not quilted, with no batting, backing, or binding". Questions do poke their way into my mind. "Have I really made any progress? Is storing this flimsy any more efficient than shuffling around a small zip-loc bag of leftover fabric?" Consoling myself, I convince myself that, yes, I had fun arranging and sewing it and some day it will be finished and find its way into somebody's welcoming arms. I hope.
Now I have still have these leftover 3½" squares. Hmm ...
By the way, this is the
community quilt from 12/13/23 that yielded those leftovers. I think it is kind of amazing how the same fabrics combined can give such a different look. That aspect is one of the things I love about quilting.
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