Scrapbusting project

Its really hard to throw fabric scraps away, even the smallest scraps. It has accumulated quite a lot and I haven't really made any projects with them. Recently I started to sort them according to color, which helped me to sew some mini scraps together to make it into a larger scrap pieces. Pictures of some of the scrap fabric shown. Even though it takes a lot of  time, I find it relaxing to sew them.

Here is a quick project done using these fabric pieces. I got the pattern from Moda Fabrics website. You can find the link below. It didn't take long to make this bag. I used Heat'nBond to fuse fleece to the fabric. 

The instructions asks you to sew the strap fabrics and turn inside out. I struggle with turning long units inside out. So I sewed end to end wrong sides together for one side of the strap, turned fabric to the right sides and top stitched the other side with the edges pressed to quarter inch for a finished edge. The strap was too bulky to tie a knot like the pattern suggested. I just sewed the ends together after measuring how long I wanted the bag to hang from the shoulder.

I also added velcro to keep the flap closed. It was gifted to my neighbor as a New Year gift.

https://webfiles.modafabrics.com/webfiles/mm_3-21-Outdoorsy-CrossbodyWalkingBag.pdf

Lone Star quilt

This is a quilt requested by someone in my community. It took a long time for me to complete this quilt as I couldn't find a paper pattern. I bought a pattern from Etsy and it turned out to be paper templates and I didn't know how to make it work. I just started with a center diamond and used 2 1/2-inch strips for the log cabins. After I made the center star, I wasn't sure how to move forward. 

 It needed 8 square units to proceed. One of the requested color was orange.  I decided to add that to the next round of log cabins. The following pics show the evolution of the quilt as it progressed to the next steps.

 

Just Swayin'

I made an art quilt from scratch. Designed it myself, made paper templates and pieced the top. The pattern is inspired by Indian block printing designs.

The main fabrics were from a challenge from Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild. The background fabric is from my stash. I free-motion quilted it on my Pfaff expression machine. Did a facing instead of binding. Included corner triangles for hanging. This is a 30" by 30" wall hanging. 

Dahlia Delight

Ever since I quilted the Teal Dream Big Panel in 2019 blogged here, I wanted to quilt another one. I found this in our local "Seams Sew Easy" quilt shop, I brought it home and it sat in a drawer for about 2 years. I pulled it out and put it on a wall with tacks. Stayed on the wall for almost a year and finally in September 20, 2023, made a quilt sandwich and slowly quilted a little at a time. One petal a day was the goal but completed quilting all the petals by the end of October 2023. In May of 2024, I faced the quilt and bound it. I added a small butterfly applique on one of the petals and it seemed lonely. Hence to give it company, I sewed on couple more butterflies. These butterflies were from an Etsy store Patch Parlor. 

 I am calling this quilted panel Dahlia Delight.

 It measures 41.5" by 41.5"

This is picture heavy, not in any particular order.

All Petals Quilted

The butterflies add to the charm.

 

Sew Sampler 2023 Blocks

 

Block of the Month Series and Kona BOM 2024

Since April of 2023, I subscribed to sew sampler box from Fat Quarter Shop and been making the blocks regularly. This got me interested in other BOM series. By the end of 2023, I have joined the Sugaridoo Happy notes quilt along. I also joined 365 days quilt challenge. This post mainly updates the Kona BOM 2024.

January 2024, I discovered the Robert Kaufman BOM and absolutely loved the color choices.  The patterns are available at the Robert Kaufman website for free. I bought the Kona charm packs for these blocks from the Fat Quarter Shop. Also learned that some are making the blocks without using the suggested white background, which was not included in the charm packs. I challenged myself to do the same, but I took fabrics from different months to complete each block. There is one block here that I used kona white fabric from my stash.

Here are the blocks, in the order I made, so far.

February Block

January Block

December Block

March Block

May Block

April Block

August Block

July Block