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Friday, 24 June 2011

Having tidied my studio this week and cleared out and sorted through all my fabrics, the scrap buckets were crying out to me.
Coupled with being in a manic sewing mood to accessorise all the clean freshly sorted rooms, I couldn't rest until I'd played with some of the scraps.


Some of my scraps are so diddy that at the time, I'm not actually sure why I keep them, but when projects like this come to mind, it reminds me why I never, and I mean NEVER throw away any fabrics. Even the teeniest inch square piece of loveliness has a use.


This was the easiest, quickest, prettiest quilt I have ever made. I simply laid scraps onto wadding until I'd filled all the gaps. Then it was a matter of sewing every edge in place. There's no front-to-front sewing going on here. This one is all about the raw edges.
A quick one piece plain backing was sewn on and then I whipped up some green stripy binding (oh, I'm such a pro at binding now) and before you knew it even the dollies had a new quilt.


As predicted, Ruby wants a full size version for her bed.

Not sure that will be quite so quick to whip up...

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9 comments:

  1. Mantha24 June 2011 at 09:52

    What a pretty quilt for dolly's to snuggle under .. a full size version would be gorgeous :) have a great wkend x

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  2. Kylie24 June 2011 at 11:04

    I love it! and how gorgeous that Ruby wants one too :) What a satisfying project... and such a gratifying response after last time ;) Kx

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  3. dawn machell24 June 2011 at 13:45

    lucky dollies :-)

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  4. **nicke...24 June 2011 at 22:45

    i LOVE that super duper cute doll quilt... i love a quick finish. and i would love to hear the story about the dolls... they look very LOVED and a little creepy... ;) i bet you have had them for a long time!

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  5. Mrs. B.25 June 2011 at 20:02

    I keep all sorts of tiny scraps too! Was gearing up to throw them away, but now I've seen your lovely quilt maybe I'll hang on to them for a bit longer... :)

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  6. Flossie in Stitches26 June 2011 at 10:01

    This is a lesson for me to start keeping my scraps, the doll quilt is lovely. I just have to add WOW!...your studio is AMAZING!

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  7. JANE KNOWN AS LIZA T26 June 2011 at 20:09

    I love your screen printing, where did you learn it? I have done a few courses but have yet to find a method of making the screens without expensive equipment, I want to do it at home not have to get my screens exposed from a printer....
    hope you can help!! xx

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  8. Lorna26 June 2011 at 23:44

    Looks lovely, I never throw out scraps either but unfortunately I don't have your speed or skill when it comes to putting them together :)

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  9. myBearpaw27 June 2011 at 12:14

    So cute! I love that Prince charming fabric. It does make you feel really good using up scraps.

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