Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A FQ, A Lotto Block, Some Orphans, Some Scraps = A Finish!



Donation Quilt
44 x 60




 This is the fat quarter to be used.
I combined it with a 12 inch Bird Block I won several months ago in a Sunshine Online Quilt Guild Block Lotto, some six inch Flower and Rosebud orphan blocks and some ten inch Practical Orchard orphan blocks, some scraps and some bird themed six inch charms I've had left over from various swaps.   Most of the orphan blocks were intended for different swaps but I didn't feel them worthy because they had some imperfections of some type. For instance that purple flower block with the yellow center had a center that was the wrong size. Anyway...they were all very old orphans and I'm glad they are moving out of the house. 

The backing is a double border print from a garage sale. At least I think that's where it came from. I pulled a piece of masking tape off of it that said 2 yds - $1.00.   I had intended to make the quilt 42 inches wide so I could take advantage of the length of it but ended up with a quilt 44 wide so, darn it...I had to use something else. But while digging around I found a piece of sheet cut off from another quilt back that was about the same color so I added that to the width of the quilt and had a backing.   

This is the first time I've tried using the serpentine stitch on my machine. I meant to sew lengthwise instead of width wise but must have spaced out right at the start. But it all worked out okay.  And I'll probably use the serpentine stitch again. 


11 comments:

---"Love" said...

Very nice! You amaze me the way you can put things together! ---"Love"

Linda said...

I love your quilts and their back stories. Your house is a treasure trove of quilting blocks, fabrics, scraps, which, combined with your flair and creative ideas come up with such marvellous quilts. I wonder how you keep your stash/block collections/orphan blocks etc so that you know where your things are? I loose things in my stash all the time and must have less than 10% of your treasures!

Ellen said...

That is a great little finish. :)

mangozz said...

I love your stories of how your quilts and backings came about. Nobody would have been able to make up such interesting tales. You are a wizard of sorts for being able to combine various odd parts to become a cute little quilt. And FINALLY you have a finish this year. I was starting to lose all hope.

Monica said...

That is a great way to use up those orphans! It looks quite cozy, I know it will be well appreciated. :D

gayle said...

You have the most interesting orphanage!

Louise said...

A bird medallion quilt! Well done! I like the big flower blocks especially.

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Yes indeed, a wonderful spare parts collection! These orphan blocks have gone together beautifully!

Kate said...

A great way to use up those orphan blocks. I love the bird in the center! Congrats on a fun finish.

Kaja said...

I always admire what you do with spare parts and this is no exception. Those flowers remind me of pansies.

Nann said...

What a great spare parts quilt! I think I had some of that border-print backing fabric (Donna Dewberry?).