Wednesday 27 April 2011

21/2" Squares

At the moment, I don't have the money to buy the fabric I need to finish off the quilt tops, or to make something new, so I've turned to working with the scraps.


I've had a pile of 21/2" squares that I've gradually been sewing into pairs, so this week, I make some four square patches and then joined them together.  The result  is this:
This will become the centre panel of a lap quilt.  Now I need to have a look and see what I have to do some borders.  Hopefully, I can find something appropriate here, though I may have to wait until the Mystery Monday project is finished to know for definite what I have available.

8 comments:

Angela said...

This is going to make a lovely bright and cheerful lap quilt. And playing with scraps is so much fun!

Tudy said...

Nice job,those are small squares.

Terry said...

That's very pretty! Isn't it great to use up those little squares? The other day Emily looked at my little tub that used to be full of 2-1/2 inch squares, and she asked where they all were! I'd used up a lot of them in my Irish chain blocks! :0)

Gina E. said...

ANOTHER inspiration - thank you Jane! I cut up some of my scraps into squares and put them into a bag so they wouldn't get mixed up with the chaos in my cupboard. I knew I'd find something to do with them one day - just sewing them in colour families like that is the answer. Just lovely! I wish you were here to help me with my Iris quilt...I am scared to make a start on cutting in case I stuff it all up.

Sue said...

It will make an awesome lap quilt.

Rudee said...

Just gorgeous. You do amazing work with scraps!

Elena said...
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Elena said...

Lovely quilt! Love the cheerful colors of it! :)