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The alphabet quilt got all quilted up yesterday and this morning i got the binding on it. it, too, is a bright one. i seem to like bright...don't i? hahahaha i used up a lot of fabrics here....and used a bunch of pieces of batting, too. there are about 7 strips of batting in here....waste not...etc.
I put the numbers in the corners....
there's .... 1, 2, 3 then
A...apple
B...bee or bug or butterfly LOL
D..drum
E..eggs
F..funky flower
C..car, with cat driving
4, 5, 6
G...gift
H..hearts
I..ice cream...yum
J...jacket...it's fuzzy
K..key
N..nails
O..octopus
P..pencil
L..leaf
M..Moon (and stars)
Q..quilt ..naturally
R..rabbit
S..sun
T..train..fish driving
U..umbrella
7, 8, 9
X..xylophone
Y..yarn
V..vacuum
W..watermelon
Z..zebra
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And the back is a bright, colorful something i had here
And a closeup in case you can't see it well in all its gaudy glory. hahahahahahaha
I think some little kid is gonna smile with this one. think how smart he/she will become.....knowing the alphabet...the numbers....and all those objects.
I have more alphabets that i will get to...
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This could be an I Spy quilt i suppose...although there aren't many kid fabrics in it. i spent a day cutting everything in my scrap boxes that i could into 4" squares. and i saw this pattern on someone's blog and knew it was a cute, quick quilt.
I probably have enough squares cut out to make another 5 or 6 of these. great donation quilt. and the size is adjustable with more or less blocks. whoever designed this was very clever. thank you
And it's a great stashbusting quilt, too. the red, white and blue background fabric is something that has been here a while and that i probably wouldn't have used in anything else. it seemed perfect for this.
As you can see...i used all the background fabric and a bit of a tan strip to make it large enough. the squares got X's through them and the rest was just a large meander. with a cool purple border.
Hard to beat for quick and easy.
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Today was a 'free' day. nothing on the to-do list. so i decided to play with the AccuCut machine. i really don't use it enough.
With the last I Spy quilt that i made i decided i needed to do that again. it was so quick and easy. so i dug out all the scrap boxes and starting cutting.
The AccuCut machine will cut 6 3.5" squares at a time....i need an 8x12" piece of fabric to do that. so i dug through the boxes and cut everything in there to get as many 8x12" pieces of fabric that i could. i wound up with 345 pieces. whew!! there was a lot of stuff in those scrap boxes.
I figured out 15 of those pieces used 1 yard of fabric....so i busted 23 yards of scrap fabrics today. woohoo!! who knew there was that much in those boxes. and, trust me, there is still a LOT more in the boxes.....they are now just pieces smaller than 8x12.
I ironed them all up and then....10 at a time...ran them through the cutter. it has taken me all day to accomplish this. i now have 2,070 3.5" squares......105 different fabrics.
It takes 165 squares to make a kid size donation quilt with these in the pattern that i am using....so i can make 12 donation quilts. with all these blocks. of course, i need some sashing fabric, too....but i have lots of that on the shelves.
A few of the fabrics i only have 6 pieces...but most of them i have multiples. this is going to be fun. in the pattern....the middle row is 3 squares wide....so i am going to make some 9 patches to go in there...rather than just 3 rows of different blocks. i figured that out when i made the last quilt. there were some blocks there were next to each other that really looked good together. you can see at the top middle of the pic that there are some squares laying on other squares. those are the ones....so far....that i will use for the 9 patches.
Not that i usually have any time to sit around and twiddle my thumbs and wonder what i will do....but if i do....i can get these blocks out and do some mindless stitching.
You know.....i just thought of something....if i had a sewing day here at the studio.....i could have a few friends over.....and we could sew all these blocks up in a day.....dontcha think? hahahahaha
I imagine if i called people with my idea they would say.....sure....we'll be right there.....
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I saw this I Spy quilt on Riel Nason's blog. she does some cool stuff.....go check her out. www.quispamsisquilter.blogspot.com
Sometimes i just see something and have to go do it myself. LOL so Sunday i got out the AccuQuilt machine and cut some squares. Riel's were 4"...but mine were 3.5"...that part doesn't really matter. and she put 12 across and i used 13.....just using up the squares that i had cut.
This went together so quickly...it was amazing. i stitched the rows of blocks together last night...
And put the rows together this morning. the rows are 2.5" wide and the border is 6" wide. her design is simple but eye catching.
This turned out to be 50"x60". perfect donation kid size. i am going to make a few more. for now this will marinate in the to-be-quilted cabinet.
I just got these squares out of my scrap boxes. i am going to go through again and cut squares out of everything. i'm going to see if i can make one with all the squares different. that's about 150 squares....bet i can do it.
But before i get into that...i have to go finish quilting the Home and Harvest top. i will be done with the quilting today except for the background. and i'll probably make a good dent in the background, too. gonna try and have it finished by tomorrow.
So, back to work....talk to ya
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