Ta-done! My Wild Scrap Monster!

 

The back in the morning sun. Yummy blue corduroy with a pieced strip in the middle using up some blocks that were left over from the front.

A close up of the quilting. The pattern is called "Sticky Buns" by Anne Bright. See the sugar dripping off of the spirals! They could also be snails....if you sqinch your eyes up a bit.

 

My son was trying to help me...but he isn't quite tall enough to hold the quilt up. It measures 65"x 81" and has 40 monochromatic scrap log cabins in it. The alternating blocks are fussy cut from "Wild Things" by Julie Dobson Miner for Studio E.

 

The border print is a Timeless Treasures stripe from several years ago....it was part of a Dinosaur line. Can you see the spiky teeth now?!

My binding is all left over bits from other quilts. I keep a box of them, the bits, and used them for little projects. This time I sewed a bunch of them together to make a scrappy rainbow binding.

 

 

It is getting it's first wash as I write this. Good news - it didn't fall apart in the wash! Now it is tumbling in my over sized dryer.

All ready for the party over at Ellison Lane Quilts....

The party starts on November 13.

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Funny Monday

Top is done!

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Silly Sunday

This is what happens when you let your dear spouse pick fabric out of the stash for your border! 50 must not be as old as it used to be.

Rawrrrrr!

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Scrappy Saturday

I have been working on these for a while.

It is amazing how many you can make from a handful of scraps.

I have 40 monochromatic log cabins made as of today.

I want my finished quilt to be about twice this big.

So, I've been thinking about adding something to the mix in every other square. It couldn't be scraps....anything that big is NOT a scrap....but I didn't know what it would be. Until this morning....

I LOVE this fabric! It is called Wild Thing and has big (nearly 8") squares of goofy amphibians. I have to add some scrap to the sides to make the squares big enough to be blocks in this quilt...but that just adds to the scrappiness.

He, he, he can't wait to make the rest of the funny blocks.

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Three Cheers for Squishy Mail!

One of my wins from the latest Little Quilt - Sew, Vote, Swap swap on Flickr.

This is a great swap to get involved with if you have never swapped before.  You make a quilt, submit a picture, vote on your favorites when submission time is over, then wait for news as to where your quilt is going.  It is that easy.