I finished the baby quilt I made using my un-vented Foundation-Pieced Half Square Triangle Tutorial. I backed it with fleece, which also acts as batting, and I bound it with a nice yellow gingham. I'm becoming very partial to fleece backs on quilts.
Then, in a bit of serendipity, I ran across a bag of batting scraps I'd saved up, and I decided to makes some even smaller quilts (also known a pot holder).
I had this nice panel stashed. I think I'd originally planned to make aprons from this fabric.
But the rectangular shapes made for perfect potholders.
I also resuscitated some orphan blocks.
Pot holders are perfect little showcases for some special single blocks. Plus, I got to practice my machine quilting and binding techniques.
3 comments:
I do like the small quilt and the way you have used scraps in those triangles, it works so well.Is it easy working with fleece as a backing/wadding, I did make some wrist warmers with some and found it so stretchy. Good collection of mats and pot holders, a good way to use up the wadding scraps
Those potholders out of orphan blocks are fun! And I bet rectangular potholders are actually quite useful, maybe more so than the more traditional squares...
What a great idea for orphan blocks!
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