I got busy Friday making more kits. I started by starching these fabrics because I knew I was going to be cutting a lot of bias edges. This will make 2 quilts and the cutting was really fast with the Go cutter. There are lots of extra blocks in case I want to play around with the layout. This took the future quilt count to 14. This was a satisfying sight and, no, I did not save them! I didn't have any other planned quilts so I started looking through the pre-cut scrap bins and realized that I had enough 4 1/2" hand dyed HST pieces for a whole quilt. In the backing scrap bag I found enough gray scraps to cut for the other half of the quilt. This will be some really easy chain piecing. This gave me future quilt 15. Finally I had a bin of 2 1/2" strips of various blues and patriotic fabrics. This isn't a complete kit but I think I probably have enough pieces in here for 2 quilts and there will be more quilt back scraps coming to eventually cut the setting triangles. When I pull this one out I'll just star piecing 9-patch blocks and see where it gets me. This could be future quilts 16 or 17. I know that this all seemed a bit crazy but it was very satisfying. This is my away-from-home sewing shelf. Aside from the pressing ham, this is my travel notions case and all of the kits that I've put together. I expect that I'm good for a couple of years of veterans quilts and easy getaways. Even better, I have some breathing room. My two pre-cut scrap bins are at least half emptied and there are easily a few more quilts lurking in here. This bag was stuffed to overflowing with scrap backing and now all of that will be in new quilts. All-in-all it was 4 days well spent. I didn't have as much sewing time Saturday and Sunday as I anticipated because we got to have friends visit as a better activity. But I did get the center of Groovy 3 together and I love it! I'm doing some math to figure out the size of the border blocks and sashing but will get started on that this week. This quilt should come together really quickly now. The lime green sashing makes me very happy.
Claire
7/11/2022 10:45:27 am
Love where the Groovy 3 quilt is going. I too love lime green.
Kristin F
7/11/2022 11:24:38 am
Love the new Groovy so far! 7/11/2022 07:41:06 pm
That is really a good plan to have the kits ready to go out the door with you. Definitely worth a day of cutting and sorting.
Mary Anne
7/11/2022 10:27:33 pm
You are the Quilt Kit Queen - no question!!!
patty
7/12/2022 08:10:18 am
All this prep work will pay off later with such quick grab and go projects. Groovy 2 is looking good!
Alycia Quilts
7/12/2022 11:48:43 am
Impressive Kit cutting!
Kay Welch
7/12/2022 01:21:53 pm
Groovy is the perfect name for the quilt. I am trying to schedule in a few days of kit making and scrap management - probably an entire week. It is such a satisfying feeling when I get my scraps back in order. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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