Friday, August 29, 2014

The Leftover Conundrum

 Leftovers are just a part of life, right?  Every once in a while, after finishing a quilt I’ll find I have enough leftovers to possibly make another whole quilt – a small one, but still a whole quilt!  And I’m always torn.  Should I just add the fabrics to my stash (which is arranged by color) and let it go?  Or just keep going and make that second quilt.

What do you do?

Flirty charms was made with leftovers, as was Honey Honey, Hometown Healing, and Sweet Baby Boy.

Cute flowery Irish Chain quilt from A Bright Corner

And now I have another to add to the list.  I had some 3” strips leftover from this quilt and with the addition of a bit more Kona Snow, I knew I could make a small throw sized quilt.  So I got to work.

With the combination of strip piecing and chain piecing it was a fast project.  In about an hour I had a stack of blocks:

Nine patch blocks

And not long after that I had a quilt top (I did have to make a trip to my local shop to get a bit more Kona Snow).  The quilt top measures about 52” x 60” and I'm hoping to get the quilting done on it this weekend.  Hooray for leftovers!  

Cute flowery Irish Chain quilt from A Bright Corner

Linking up to Finish It Up Friday with Crazy Mom Quilts


7 comments:

  1. Such a great quilt - and from leftovers! It looks like it will be a fun quilt to cuddle up with.

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  2. Sometimes those leftovers quilts turn out to be as good as the original quilt! This is so pretty!

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  3. Most excellent! You ceased the moment & scraps and DID it!

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  4. I just love this simple pattern and was thinking earlier today I need to make one! Very pretty scrap quilt!

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  5. Absolutely darling. I bought a layer cake in this fabric and paired it with Kona snow as well.

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  6. visiting from crazy mum quilts. This is so pretty. Love it

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  7. Ooh, I am in love, such a pretty pretty quilt! Great job!

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