ImpRoverished

All year long I make 40 x 60 quilts from orphan blocks, crumbs, strings and other scraps.  I use my batting scraps in these quilts too. I zig zag them together.  I add them to a box and sometimes I take out of the box and give one or two away locally. My daughter is friends with a foster mother and sometimes the quilts go to the new kids in the home.  (My daughter always knows someone who needs a quilt. Pity she doesn't sew.) 

At the end of the year whatever is left I send off to Quilts Beyond Borders or Wrap A Smile. 

I consider these quilts improv...as in improvise...use what's on hand...no pattern...

I've blogged about them all individually all year long so most of them, if you are a regular visitor, are old news. 

But...I just finished that one there in fall colors.  I previously blogged about my "method" of making this style of orphan (improv) quilt and the one next to it. 

40 x 60

This was my November goal    for    A Lovely Year of Finishes.  #49

It was also my goal #9 for the Q4 Finish Along      with Adrianne of On the Windy Side. 

I practiced free motion quilting leaves. 

And I pieced a backing with scraps and a big piece of horse themed fabric I found at the thrift store for $1.00. 

All of these quilt backs came from the thrift store except for one which is the aqua with navy polka dots second in from the right.   That was a bargain basement purchase. 

Ok...so that's my version of improv....as in improvise.   I guess I could be otherwise considered impRoverished! 

There are lots of interpretations for improv. 

Visit either Ann's blog, Fret Not Yourself  OR Kaja's blog, Sew Slowly,  and you will see what I mean...A bunch of Ad Hoc Improv quilters hang out there at the end of every month.