Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Leftovers

We eat leftovers almost every single work day for lunch~  Only because we try not to waste much and I am very frugal! Two meals created from one preparation means less cooking and more time for sewing too!

But when you get a bag of leftovers - aka "Scraps", what do we do! Get excited with all of the possibilities of course! I see quilts-in-a-bag! No rhyme, no reason, no pattern. But I will tell you now, I pulled each of scrap out and admired it - close to 12 pounds of fabric. Then I had to sort by color to determine a scheme. Almost every single cut was a yard or more so I didn't really call them scraps.


My thought for all of the cuts were to create Quilts for Babies. The idea came to mind when I ran across One piece in particular. It definitely looks vintage to me, but what do I know. There was no selvage that I could identify the fabric by. There were a few 1980's labeled fabrics. Would anyone venture to take a guess?


There were plenty of coordinating fabrics to go with it in the gifted bag, so I went for it! I'll be using some white yardage I  had in my stash for background. The perfect pattern called Yankee Doodle Star Quilt came from Mostly Crafty. You can see Melanie's version at her blog!

If you use the pattern to create your own version, share your pictures with #sewingwithfwfabricstudio and @fwfabricstudio and @mellierc.

The tutorial is easy to use with large cuts so the quilt comes together quickly. 




I chose the pinks in the bag for a girlie design And purchased one yard of the Anchor Print to modernize it a bit.




I occasionally link up with some of my other quilty friends, visit them and see what they have going on this week~  Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts, Moving It Forward Monday at Em's ScrapBag, Modern Patch MondayPatch Work Times Design WallMop Monday with Tweety Loves Quilting, Monday Making,  Main Crush Monday's, Sew Cute Tuesdays, Fiber Tuesday,  Freemotion by the River,   WIP Wednesday's,  Wednesday Wait Loss with Jennifer, Let's Bee SocialMidweek Makers.  Fabric Frenzy FridayFinish it Up FridaySunday StashCan I Get a Whoop Whoop and Finished or Not Friday


14 comments:

  1. WOW - those are great fabrics. I love the little ducky. And the pink quilt top is SO cute. ~smile~
    Roseanne

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    1. Thanks Roseanne~ I am working with reds now... Working in MD so I am coming up with an idea to incorporate some crabs onto the quilt~

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  2. Super pattern--so fast and so perfect for baby quilts. And what a perfect way to use up your scraps! Thanks for linking up to Wednesday Wait Loss!

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    1. Wouldn't it be super cute to see patchwork in those stars??? I might have to try that with the "real" scraps~

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  3. Wow, great pattern and those are some large scraps! I guess I still call cuts that large part of my stash, LOL. :)

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    1. Agreed! It was fun going through them though. I have plenty more baby blankets in that bag to make. Working with the reds next!

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  5. You made great quilts with your scraps.

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  6. Scraps are always fun to play with! I love the pink quilt...super cute and it's...pink!!

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    1. Scraps are fun especially when they are some one else's cast offs. I feel compelled to make and do if someone gifts me fabric.

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  7. I love making the best of my scraps! Love what you did with yours!! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!

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  8. What a great idea for all those fabrics! And such a sweet pattern :)

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  9. Some of those scraps are some of my favourite fabrics

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