Scrappy Quilt #1 done!

People always say that these Scrappy Trip Around the World quilts come together relatively quick and I found that to be true for me as well. My least favorite part is ironing the seams of the strips in alternating directions, it's hard not to stretch and make things wonky but in the end it all works out.

This is a lap size made with 20 12" blocks.

I've been branching out a little with my quilting. I tried out sort of a scallop pattern. I absolutely love how it came out! It was really easy and fast to do too.

So, that's one scrappy quilt down! A few more to go LOL! At least my scrap bins aren't overflowing anymore.

scrap bustin' is now scrap war!

Okay, I know some of you experienced scrappy quilt makers were probably laughing pretty hard about me thinking I'd put a dent in my scraps with just that one little quilt. As I was cutting I came to a quick realization that I'd need to take more drastic measures. Scrap war is ON!

So, working bin by bin, I took every long scrap strip I could find and cut strips for a Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt (tutorial). The only discrimination I made was to leave out browns. Browns not welcome in this quilt, sorry!
I felt like I was cutting for forever but my stacks seem so small! It's interesting to see what colors you are strong in, I had tons of blues followed closely by pinks/oranges, then small stacks of yellows/greens and neutrals.

I ended up with 120 strips to make a good throw size.
The easy part is now done, sewing the strips together.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday

I'm late to the party but I'm there all right!

A baby Scrappy Trip quilt. I was completely inspired by HoosierToni's Les Amis color scheme. I'd gotten a few of the Les Amis prints a while back so I just added a bunch of other prints from my stash to fill in the colors. Love the little foxes and owls.

And for this month's do. Good Stitches blocks: Modern Maples! This block has got to be one of my favorite traditional blocks ever and some day I will make one for myself.