I've been making more baby and children's quilts for donation. I was cleaning up some scraps and started cutting odds and ends into 2 x 3.5" pieces, which make nice leaders and enders when you're sewing up other projects. Just pair these pieces randomly and soon you have a nice pile that can be made into a quilt.
It's the perfect mindless sewing: very meditative.
This next quilt began as a test block. The big 20" stars are made from 5" half-square triangles, and squares were culled from the scrap drawer. A friend gave me several yards of the navy border fabric, which has come in handy for unifying scrappy quilts.
You can't get any simpler than strip piecing. I culled primary-colored fabrics from my stash, cut them into width-of-fabric strips, and sewed them together with the same navy border. This one sewed up in a flash.
Some of these quilts will be quilted using flannel for the batting and/or backing, and some will be quilted to fleece remnants, which makes them extra-cuddly.
As an alternative to sitting at the sewing machine, I crocheted this baby blanket from bright yarn left over from another project.
This knitted baby blanket was the result of my effort to use up some dusty pink yarn that the same friend gave me who gave me the navy fabric. It's not my favorite color to work with, but combining it with a darker color made a nice blanket I think.
My box of baby blankets is now stuffed to bursting and will be sent off soon to Pine Ridge. I feel the seasons beginning to change here in my area, so they'll arrive in good time.
2 comments:
What's not to love? Everything looks great! I especially like the granny square afghan. I used that same idea back in the '70s for a very large afghan. It's a fun approach.
Is that your new chair?
I've been thinking it's past time to cull some of the more juvenile prints from my stash. What great timing to be reminded of the most simple of strip quilts! I'm sure your box of treasures will be received joyfully. :-)
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