Saturday, April 27, 2013

Monkeys, Frog Legs and Zebra Butts


I've finished a 40x60 quilt top with my green scraps. I've challenged myself to see how many donation quilts I can make from my scraps. I've also been participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013 at ScrapHappy's blog.  I didn't realize I had so many green scraps. I probably have enough left over for another whole quilt.


 The block is a 12 inch Bear Track I found at Quilter's Cache. I made 4 1/2 inch crumb blocks for the centers and then sewed all my 2 1/2 inch pieces into strips and combined with heavy muslin to make HSTs.
 My 4 year old grandson laughed at this block.  I laughed when I made it.  I used to love looking at all the different fabrics, usually old clothes, grandma used in her quilts.  So in that respect my grandson is a lot like me. He will study the fabrics in my quilts for quite some time and sometimes he will giggle when he discovers eyeballs, smiley faces or zebra butts.


When this one is finished it will go to Quilts Beyond Borders where I hope it will give another child a case of the giggles. 


I've also finished a 50x60 quilt top with my purple scraps. There are many variations on the Puss in the Corner quilt block. I made 10 inch blocks similar to a pattern at Quilt Index.   I made 6.5 inch crumb blocks with my purple scraps and used purple scraps for the corner 2.5 inch HSTs. The border strips were 2.5 inches in solid colors I had in my stash.



This quilt is for the Hands 2 Help Charity Quilt Challenge.  It will be a Quilty Hug for Happy Chemo.

This top used up most of my purple quilt scraps when purple was the color of the month at RSC 2013 where we link up and show off our use of scraps every Saturday.   If you've got a lot of scraps don't hesitate to join in.  Like I said, I love looking at all the different fabrics. The ideas are inspirational also. 

14 comments:

Sarah said...

wow you have got a lot of green scraps - nice quilt!

Julierose said...

I love that giggly-ness--novelty fabrics really surprise you when they are cut up into smaller pieces! Beautiful quilts...Julierose

Vroomans' Quilts said...

Just fun fun fun quilts - giggles are a must!

Deb@asimplelifequilts said...

Two wonderful quilts - great job!

Karen said...

Awesome quilts. I love your challenge to make quilts for charities with your scraps. That doesn't seem to be working for me. I think my scraps are multiplying. These quilts will be loved.

KatieQ said...

Two great quilts. They would certainly keep me smiling.

Terri said...

Love the funny frogs and zebra butt! Some kid will love that!
Hugs

Julie in GA said...

Both of your quilts look fantastic! They will make some lucky kids very happy.

Angie said...

What a great design for using up scraps...and making giggles!

Edith said...

What fun. I really like what you did with the Puss in the Corner quilt, altogether lovely.

Schulz Family said...

wow you have been busy. you have some pretty amazing small piecing in all this. A lot of work!

Deb A said...

I love the zebra bottom! Too funny. A little one (and adult) will love finding all the little fun bits in that quilt.
Great job.

Sheila said...

Two great quilt tops! You go girl.

Faye said...

Gorgeous quilts. I love your green one; there is so much to look at on it