Whigmaleerie

Whigmaleerie

It's a finish!

60 x 84

Whigmaleerie - an odd or fanciful contrivance.

I finished the top over a year ago and now it has finally made it to the finish line.  I have a bin of 4.5 inch unfinished blocks, swapped and made from scraps over the years, and pulled out the blues and purples for this top. I also added in some blue and purple orphan blocks. 

I quilted it on my DSM with swirls in a denim blue thread. 

I made the binding of blue and purple scraps last year when I was clearing out my 2.5 inch scrap box. I made several bindings at that time if the pieces in the box were long. I cut my bindings at 2.5 if I am going to sew them down by hand and at 2.25 if I am going to sew down by machine. 

The back.

A while ago someone gave me that fun panel. I set it aside wondering how to use it. When I made Whigmaleerie I knew the panel would be perfect for the back. 

It was not quite large enough so I had to add in a few other pieces. 

And now Whigmaleerie is ready for giving or gifting. 

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Flimsy #1 from the 4.5 Inch Block Bin - Whigmaleerie

 Whigmaleerie

An odd or fanciful contrivance

60 x 84

This is flimsy #1 that came out of a bin of 4.5 inch parts and then some. 

My goal is to bust the 4.5 inch parts bin as I mentioned in a year end post 

It will be fun to see how many quilts come out of this bin. 

 For this first flimsy I decided to use blue and purple parts, orphans and squares cut from the 4.5 inch scrap bin.  Some parts like four patches and four inch HSTs are the result of various swaps over the years. 

 Some parts I made a few years ago while sorting through crumbs. I found a lot of waste triangles thrown in there so made little four inch pinwheels...

 ...and other four inch triangle blocks. 

 I didn't put anything on a design wall or floor. I first made some eight inch blocks like the Broken Dishes or Double Four Patches from the parts. Then I made some twelve and some twenty four inch blocks from the parts and I also made some blocks 3 x 6. 

 So I just kept sewing pieces and parts together until I had a nice sized comfort quilt top. 

It's always fun to see a quilt I've made like that when I go hang it on the clothesline and see the whole thing from a distance. 

On to the next...

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