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...

9 comments:

Mantha said...

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

Kylie said...

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

dawn machell said...

lucky dollies :-)

**nicke... said...

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!

Mrs. B. said...

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... :)

Flossie in Stitches said...

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!

JANE KNOWN AS LIZA T said...

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

Lorna said...

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 :)

myBearpaw said...

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