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Little Project #1

Since my neck has been feeling better I'm going to try to do another little art quilt in my Winter series. I thought I'd use only fabrics I picked up in the scrap stacks I bought at the county quilt show, so I pulled these:

Rather than do another miniature art quilt, I decided to cut the pieces into strips of random lengths and sew them together ala Valerie Nesbitt's 40 minute scrap quilt top method. Since I only had four different fabrics I did sort the strips into piles, and sewed one from each to keep the colors from clumping together during the piecing. Here's how it turned out:

I like the results; it looks a bit like a frosty window on a cold night with just bits of the sky and stars showing through (okay, if you squint it does.) So tomorrow I'll bat and back it, and then decide if I want to embroider it or just hand quilt it with some appropriately sparkly thread.

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nightsmusic said…
I love that!! And I think your description fits it perfectly.

I haven't seen that book. I do a lot of piecing using Quilt In A Day. I imagine it's a lot like the method you used.
November 18, 2019 at 1:02 PM
the author said…
The link is actually to a video Valerie made on Youtube demonstrating the technique. Definitely worth a watch to see how easy it is.
November 21, 2019 at 3:51 PM
nightsmusic said…
I am a terrible person. I didn't click the link and thought it was a book. You're a book person! I went back to watch it though and it does look quite a bit like the Quilt in a Day method. But I've bookmarked it for further study :)
November 21, 2019 at 5:08 PM
the author said…
It's a lot of fun, and really easy. Uses up a lot of scraps, too. I use it whenever I want to make a quilt in a hurry.
November 22, 2019 at 9:50 AM
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