A LITTLE FINISH

That big pile of scraps has gone down a bit with the making of this little quilt.

Working from this basket of scraps, I cut squares 5" and paired them up in a light/dark or dark/medium combination. To make the half square triangles I used the diagonal line method.
I then trimmed to 4 1/2".  Easy.

I arranged them on my design wall.......

.......and then re-arranged them. I liked the random layout better, although it's hard on the brain  : )

For the quilting, I did wiggly lines diagonally just to emphasize the triangles.

I used the same piece of fabric for the back as the previous little quilt and the binding is wordplay.

This fabric has been used in countless projects and I'm nearly out

Another little quilt that will be off to Guatemala shortly   : )

Oh! and this months Modern Stash Builder

These could have easily worked into this quilt,  but I was trying to use scraps.  Next time.

quilt stats:

scrappy half square triangles

32 x 36

pieced and quilted by me

linking up with Quilt Story

FINAL FRIDAY FRIENDSHIP SWAP

Sewing the last few seams of these blocks was bittersweet this week. For months and months Cindy and I have been swapping these X and + blocks. We had decided that 64 blocks was what we would make.
These are the last four that I will send her.

I have a lovely assortment of scrappy blocks

When this fabric came into Katja's , I knew it would be perfect for a backing. A reminder of trading blocks every month  : )

I believe we are going to try to have our quilts done by September to show you. There are several of us that were trading blocks so it will be a bit of a quilt show!

Even though we were working from our stashes, a little fabric was purchased here and there (like every month)  What to do with this pile of scraps I've accumulated?

Well start a new quilt of course!  I love this colour combination so decided on half square triangles with grey/cream on one side and all the other colours we used on the other  : )

I'm liking it so far.  Speaking of these colours, someone dropped off some fabrics at Katja's for me when I wasn't there. The shop was crazy busy and Katja just can't remember who it was. Some days are like that!  Thanks so much whoever you are.  I love them  (maybe you could e-mail me so I can thank you properly?)

Have a great week end