The other night I was going through a basket by my sewing machine and I found a baggie with squares and rectangles in it. I decided to sew the squares together. Most of these blocks are brights even though they do not look so bright in the picture. I decided to make a baby quilt. I cannot decide what to do for a border. Any suggestions?
Since the new year I have been going through bins and baskets trying to figure out what I have and what I want to do with the fabrics pieces. I seem to have a lot of strips in various bins. I think I need to get them all together and make some string blocks. I have two UFOs with string blocks. I can make a few more string blocks for each project and then make quilt tops.
Bonnie Hunter's Scrap Users System is a concept I use. I have been cutting my scraps into various sizes for years, but it seems that the bins are getting more full every year! I use my scraps all the time, but they must be multiplying in those bins!
Today I basted another baby quilt. I have not machine quilted in a long time so I think my skills will need a bit of a brush up before I tackle anything that I am giving away. LOL! This baby quilt is made up of "found" triangle blocks. They are leftovers from a king size quilt I made a few years ago. I found them when foraging after Christmas. I sewed these blocks together, sewed on a border, and basted it today. Maybe I can quilt it tonight or tomorrow. When both quilts are finished, I will have two baby quilts to donate to my guild for the preemies. A good way to start the new year.
Happy Sewing
2 comments:
I just love quilts made from simple squares. Some friends made one such quilt for our kids when we left California for Kansas - a zillion years ago. Three kids - one quilt loved by them all. We allotted a certain amount of time for each child to have the quilt on their bed - and you can be sure the one next in line knew to the minute when it was their turn. But in an effort to keep calmness the rule was that you may not go and fetch the quilt for yourself - or you would forfeit your turn - and the one delivering it to the next recipient must not be late or they would forfeit their next turn. Needless to say - no one fetched or was late - most peaceful interchange we've ever had in our home - as they all adored the quilt.
That is such a bright and pretty quilt you have started there. I suggest no border and a solid colored binding. Keep is simple. Get it done and out the door. One less project to stack and store!
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