Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Happy to be Scrappy

Scraptastic Tuesday
I've been following Leanne@she can quilt since she hosted the Finish-A-Long in 2013 and I've really enjoyed following this series since she started it last fall. Now that I'm getting my bloggy life back on track I'm looking forward to participating too. 

I am a scrappy quilter. When I took a look through my UFO Collection this feeling turned into a fact - 42 of my 43 UFOs are scrappy. The only one that isn't (the 1st one on my UFO Collection Tab above) is one that I'm seriously thinking about turning into a pieced backing. A 4 fabric wall quilt just doesn't do it for me anymore! 
My design wall is full of scrappy happiness today in three different styles of fabrics and quilts. All of which I enjoy very much. Path & Stiles in Thimbleberries is very traditional and it fits our family room decor perfectly. It's so cozy for our long winters.
I last worked on Path & Stiles about a year ago. Many of the sub units came from an online swap group and I had to piece a few extras from my stash to make the 20 blocks I needed. I have no idea why I left it with 4 rows sewn together and the last one partially done! At least I marked rows 3,4 and 5 so I didn't have to do much guesswork. 

This quilt is from one of the Nickel Quilt books by Pat Speth. The pattern has a pieced outer border in 2.5" strips that I don't care for... it is just too busy for me and I don't like trying to match up 2" intervals across an inner border either. I can let some things go in my quilting... but I'm a stickler on points and even rows. I'm going to dig around in my stash and see what I can find.
Yep... I'm Happy to be Scrappy. Look at all those pretty bits of fabric!

12 comments:

  1. You had me at scrappy! Feel free to share any of your scrappy projects on the Oh Scrap! Linky on my blog on Sunday.

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  2. You definitely have the scrappy thing down pat! Looking good!

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  3. You are the master of scrappiness! Great intuative colour and fabric selections!
    Esther

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  4. I love scrappy too! Your scrappy quilts are what drew me here too! Love all your scrappiness.

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  5. Oh, I like the secondary pattern I see in Path and Stiles. Lovely fabrics too.

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  6. I'm with you. I'm totally scrappy too. I really like your quilts, so colorful and pretty.

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  7. Wow I'm amazed at your long list of UFOs ! FAL has helped me finish most of mine - down to five projects now! Loads of scrapiness on your blog hope you can finish some of these lovely quilts while linking up with #scraptastictuesday

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  8. Scrap happy, that's what we are!

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  9. I love scrappy too! There are so many fun possibilities to play with :-)

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  10. Once you go scrap, you never go back. I, like you, find quilts with just a few fabrics quite boring. I can't stand to make the same block over and over again. The first scrappy quilt was painfully hard. I was worried about putting the different colors together, now my view has changed. I may start with a collection of fabrics from a designer, but I can't finish without adding a little of this and a little of that.

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  11. I like the mix of beige, cream and white in your lights They twinkle. It will be such fun to watch you finish because you have such a nice mix of scraps.

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