Clearing out my black and whites.

 After having a great weekend making this quilt top with friends.

It was time to work out the backing. I wanted to make it scrappy too. Out came the pen and paper.

I never used to piece backings together but with scrappy I now do not want to use meterage. So I’m having fun with designing the backs. The strips for borders are cut.

Here is the start of it. It just looks like a normal block but they are 10” squares in the 9 patch.

And here it is sewn

Here is a side by side to show that it actually looks like the quilt block on the front

Now this did use up so much of my blacks. I think I only have one piece left of a plain.

Now to quilt it. I have cut a striped fabric for the binding.

A good day of sewing

 I have had a couple of days sewing and I am very happy with my progress.

Using up some scraps and tidying up some baskets. 

This is where I am so far. 

I still have to sew the corner triangles. 

I have decided that this is big enough. I will do a scrappy binding. Very happy with this design.

Not sure where it will go but if I wanted to make another one in a colour way or larger it is doable..

It measures 56” * 72”

Now to choose a backing. I might copy the block and make it larger with a border top and bottom. Use up more scrap fabric…..

How I made my scrap block

 I’ve had some interest of how to make these blocks. So here goes…

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This is what is needed to make one 8.5" block

9 * 2.5" squares

1 * 3.5" square to be black

1 each black and white 1.5" * 6.5" strip

1 each black and white 1.5" * 8.5" strip

(Or you can cut longer strips, sew together then crosscut to size)

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Sew strips together and cut to 6.5” & 8.5” long…

Placement of pieces. Now let’s sew them together.

Sew the strips to 2 sides

Stitch diagonally. If you do another row of stitching 1/2” away towards the corner you will get a bonus block.

Iron over to check if you have covered the corner

All you need to work out what size quilt you want. Divisible by 8"

Ie: 48" * 64"
Is 6 * 8 = 48 blocks

Or 64" * 72"
Is 8 * 9 = 72 blocks

Cut away the bonus triangle and this is what you can do.

My weekend with friends and scraps

 I had a great and busy time over the weekend.

I saw a fun scrappy quilt on line and decided to have a go. A couple of friends came over to sew along too.

Sewing up our scraps into 9 patches, then making fancy blocks.

Doing the extra stitching row on the stitching and flip corners makes a bonus 2.5” square. Trimming them and making another pattern was exciting. I will end up with 48 or 56 squares depending how big I make my quilt.

Then we moved on to make a plastic front pouch.

I taught them how to make these using your own measurements depending on the fabric you have. It is done in a way that there are no exposed seams. Here are the 3 of them completed. Everyone was happy.

I made mine with a scrap of orange so I could link up with RSC .

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/06/scraphappy-saturday-orange.html

Machine quilting, patching the binding and hand stitching binding.

 After such a great effort day with this baby quilt I was excited to get it finished.

All quilted, now time for the binding.

Some people lose the bobbin race. I lost the binding race by THIS much.

Into the crumb scrap bin.

Sewed some pieces together.

I had to straight stitch them together to get them to fit. 

The way I finish my binding I measure the strip. It fits perfectly.

It doesn’t stand out too much.

All ready to sit and relax to hand stitch down.

Here is the back. It doesn’t look bad.

Linking up with SLOW STITCHING SUNDAY

IT’S FINISHED  32” * 48”

A baby quilt on the way

 Working with scraps. What can I make??

Well I do need a baby quilt for a close friend. They are expecting a new grand baby.

Into my scraps I go. I found a bag of leftover pieces from a previously made baby quilt. Some strips were already joined.

Cut some more pieces, join some more and then trim to the same size.

Add some sashings. I didn’t have enough for complete strips so I added cornerstones. Some even had to be pieced. The cornerstones were only 2” cut. I got there.

Start sewing together. I used the webbing method so I didn’t get the blocks mixed up or turned upside down.

I looked for a backing and wadding. I had a scrap piece of wadding the exact width I needed. I found this pretty green fabric. It too was the exact width but not length. 

That’s okay. I added a strip of white across it.

I’ve had enough for today so I’ll get back to it soon. That was a lot of brain power.

Linking up with Soscrappy.

CHAOS MYSTERY SEWALONG block 3

 I had a day to sit and be in my own zone. I settled in to watch a few YouTube videos of Conquering Mount Scapmore. I am following and sewing along with this mystery using my green scraps.

Today was to sew block 3. We only needed 32 * 4.5” blocks.  Mmmm I was obviously distracted as I made double. Oh well. We are told any extras can go into the border.

1st up was to make 16 1/2 square triangles. I’m drawing the sewing lines with my little 1/2” ruler and frixion pen.

Next up was to sew another square and make a split 1/4 square triangle block.

All done and time for trimming. Love using my BLOC LOC ruler

Here are blocks 1, 2 & 3 all ready for the next step

I am just using whatever is in my scrap green bin. 

A new Mystery quilt - CHAOS

 I have been watching Conquering Mount Scrapmore on YouTube and decided to join in with a new mystery sewalong. I couldn’t help myself.

CHAOS MYSTERY SEWALONG.

It is meant to use up some scraps so I am going to focus on my GREENS.  I have a few of them.

Using up some threads too

Find the greens

Fabrics decided. I also have the die in the correct size to use in the go cutter. This saved some cutting time.

Cutting done

BLOCK 1 - KITE

BLOCK 2 - HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES

Also cut with the go cutter.

Both steps finished.

Brenda puts out a new clue in a video on YouTube every Wednesday.

This is going to make a queen size quilt so there is a lot more to make.

Hand quilting a long time UFO

 

 It has been so long since I have picked this quilt up to work on.  My beautiful friend Sue made this scrappy top for my 50th birthday. I was not into scrappy quilts then. But since Sue made this wonderful quilt for my birthday I have been learning to use scraps and enjoying them. I knew I had to hand quilt this as a treasured memory for many years tor come. It sat for approx 3 years and I started quilting Bonnie Hunters baptist fan idea. I am using up my mums crochet cotton to do big stitch quilting. I am loving it.

I have the centre finished. Now on to the sashing.

I changed to a green thread so the sashing quilting didn’t stand out as much. I am just doing corner to corner on the diagonal.

Look at my poor overworked finger. Some days it was sore and others it was very rough and callused.

The binding is nearly complete. I have had this for nearly 10 years so it is really a well deserved UFO. It has been so nice snuggling under this quilt especially during the last few cold weeks.. I am thrilled to bits with it.

Thank you Sue. Always thinking of you.

It is very close to being finished

Happy Mothers Day sitting relaxing and some hand quilting.

 Now the weather has turned and it starting to feel like winter it is not really cold enough for the heater to be on. What better way is it to snuggle underneath a quilt. Better still, why not hand quilt and keep yourself warm and comfy. So I got out this beautiful quilt my friend gave me for my birthday quite a few years ago. It was a scrappy top that Sue made as I was not into scrappy then but I am now. It has come in and out of the cupboard so I think it will stay out this winter. Hopefully getting some more progress this year.

I am big stitch quilting with thick cotton thread. 

I am linking up with Kathy for slow stitch Sunday 

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2023/05/mothers-day-2023.html

What a great day to spend Mother’s Day.