I did it! I started sewing the project together and I’m in love with this quilt just like the first time I made it! I cannot wait until I piece the entire quilt together. Hopefully I’ll have it in the mail by Monday! I’m still a little sick, and I do go to work tomorrow, but hopefully I can power through and in the words of Tim Gunn: “Make it work!” You know I will!
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Since I got the order yesterday, when I got home from my day job, I started messing around with my fabric! I found my bin labeled ‘Large Scraps’ and started taking everything out of it. I found fabric remnants I didn’t even know I still had pieces of! It’s rather invigorating! So, I have a rough guess of the fabric I am going to use, and only 2 pieces are fat quarters that have not been cut into! I feel very frugal! I love it! Here is the fabric!
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My Dad finally got his Quilt this morning! He was elated! He was quite happy to get his quilt. It was pretty rewarding for me to see him get that happy! I gave it to him as I was leaving for the weekend to go and visit a friend. It’s pleasant to know that while I’m gone, he will be thinking of me as he gets under his lap quilt! I’m really excited for him to use it!
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As of about 5 minutes ago, I finished the quilting on my Christmas Scrap Quilt! I really love the way it turned out!
I’m going away for the weekend, and I really wanted to finish this so I could give it to my Dad. I really hope he will like it! As soon as I finish this post, I’m going to put on the binding… as soon as I pick some out. Haha! Well here is to scrap quilts! And the excitement of finishing a product!
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I finally finished the quilt top! I’m also mildly in love with it. I think it is typically something I would find too cheery, but I know my Dad will love it, so I’m happy! I think I’ll quilt it this weekend and give it to him as an early birthday present. I hope he likes it!
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Decided it was a bit too dark, so I’m going to throw in a few brighter pieces. I found a lovely candy cane stripe print, and some red and gold fabric. I’m working on making the block with the stripe a bit more exciting. I have an idea, but I’m still brain storming it.
I decided that for my Dad’s birthday / Christmas present I’m going to make him a Christmas throw size quilt. I have all of these scraps from making coasters, pot holders, and the like, so I will whip together a quilt! Wish me luck everyone! I have a lot of scraps, so I’m going to try to keep it simple, but you never know!!!
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