Crumbs!

Treasured Scraps!

Many moons ago I dragged my daughter all the way to Dorking for the January sale at The Quilt Room. I think she saw a different side to me, as I unashamedly elbowed my way through the crowd to get my hands on all the bargains! She did quite well out of it too, as I bought all the bits she needed for her school design and technology project – a superb appliquéd Nursery Rhyme book (of which we were both very proud).

The best find of the day was a sample card of beautiful fabrics from the Mary Rose range from Quilt Gate. It had no price on it, but I was determined to have it at any cost. So when the lady at the till scribbled 50p on it, I paid up and got out of the shop before she could change her mind!

After several more years of just admiring it, inspiration finally struck and I made this Diamond Lattice quilt with some recycled cream linen from a Laura Ashley duvet cover and several similar fabrics I had managed to find in the meantime.

The result, though perhaps not my most accomplished piece, is still my favourite thing I have ever made. The fabric was so pretty and of course I saved every last sliver.

Today was the day those treasured scraps came out to play! 

My compulsion to use up the smallest bits (crumbs) first led me to make this crazy patchwork piece sewn straight onto wadding and then reverse appliquéd into this 7 inch heart block. It is intended as the centre of a cover for a small heart shaped cushion that used to belong to my Mum.  

The cut-out centre was covered with Heat n Bond Lite (which will be used for a later project). I left a good quarter inch of the adhesive around the inner outline which I clipped and then turned under and pressed. Finally, I tried out one of the many decorative stitches on my new Brother machine to finish and then trimmed away the excess wadding from behind.

This pleased me so much that I put the cushion project to one side and made another piece of crazy patchwork which I have just finished making into this little scissor / needlecase.

A productive day – I need to make more small things in between full size quilts!

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Janet

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