From Quilting to Binding!

These are things that make me smile.

Seeing supposedly insignificant, outdated, or possibly lesser loved scraps join with their more modern and contemporary counterparts and become part of a whole new creation where NONE are deemed unimportant..

In my scrap quilts, it takes a village!

Of all of the different parts of quilting from cutting to sewing and beyond, I get a lot of enjoyment out of simply choosing which fabric is going to play next to that one, coming up with combinations that might be a bit surprising at first, but just work in the end!

Things that somehow work -

Like that green/aqua big print, with a brown check recycled shirt, and a center square of 1990s something pulled from the squares box.  It just works.  It's an odd combo maybe, but it works!

Next to it is a blue print with travel and airplanes on it.  It's paired with a simple girly pink calico and a navy batik center square from the squares box.

I LOVE my scrap squares in all sizes, because the opportunity to try a multitude of things as centers, as corners, as cornerstones is right at my fingertips.

who doesn't like a little Cat in the Hat?

And before I knew it, the quilt was unfurling off the rails -

I used a rosy lavender thread, and quilted with an edge-to-edge design called Frisky Feathers by Hermione Agee of Lorien Quilting.

I love how the quilting shows on the back!

Three of the back fabrics used.

Orange with purple batik for the binding win!

Again with the binding I tried everything - and I was leaning toward a darker purple to pull that color out of the raspberry tie dye as binding - but I didn't have anything in the stash that made me happy.

That doesn't happen often!  but I can admit to purple being the LOWEST quantity in my stash, followed closely by aqua.  I think it's because I use those colors quite a bit and they just don't stay long on my shelves.  I had some pieces, but I wasn't looking for a scrappy binding for this one.

This will work.  And I think it will look great from the back side of the quilt too, picking up the rusty orange in that green stripe.

I have a weekend of feet up and binding evenings planned!

And to answer many questions - YES!  This pattern will be available in March, along side the Brown/Turquoise...uh....did I ever give that one a name?  Oh geeze -.time to put my thinking cap on!

*Edit* Thanks to the commenter that reminded me that I had named the Brown/Aqua quilt Bear Branch! I swear, I don't know where my mind is half the time.

Our February release is Cabin Corners - coming right up in mid-February - stay tuned!

This also happened yesterday.  Finally!

Virginia drivers license and new plates obtained. I'm limited to daytime driving only due to my MacTel2, but I'm okay with that.

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I was so worried over completely losing my ability to drive. I'm not ready for someone else "Driving Miss Bonnie" to begin quite yet.

My toughest months will be November/December when dark falls early, but really - when it's cold and the roads are winding and steep, and the deer are always a hazard, I don't like driving at night anyway.

I can deal with this!

Nighttime RZR riding!

We have had more than 2'' of rain fall Wednesday through Thursday.  2'' of rain on top of what remained of 7'' of snow.  It has turned my mountain into the land of mud.

Where we were worried about ice getting up and down the drive has now turned into a mud bog with deep ruts - because the rain happened all at once - continually over 48 hours.

It's going to take a few days to dry out - so last night we hopped into the RZR to head over to our neighbor friends 1/2 mile down the road and spent an enjoyable evening chatting in front of their wood fireplace, all tucked up and cozy inside.

It was the perfect end to a driver's license stress day.

I didn't even start the hand sewing on the binding like I thought I would - but it was LATE (like nearly 11pm!) when we got home.  For someone who is usually in bed by 9:30 or so - that was a PARTY.  For 4 people.

Today's plan?  Attack the scraps to cut more Fish School blocks.  I'm on track with where I want to be.  This challenge runs July to July so I've got a few more months to finish what I am planning to do.  And I think you are really going to like it.  It's got me all a-flutter!

I'm still working with the gifted scraps, and working them in with my own neutrals from the Scrap User's System, and pulling squares from the pre-cut scrap squares box.

And I guess that takes me right back to where this post started.

"Of all of the different parts of quilting from cutting to sewing and beyond, I get a lot of enjoyment out of simply choosing which fabric is going to play next to that one, coming up with combinations that might be a bit surprising at first, but just work in the end!"

What plans do you have for your own weekend ahead?

As I type this it is flurrying snow (oh great, on top of driveway mud!) and I'm not going anywhere.  It's a stay home and cut and sew snow day.

Did you stop by yesterday's post and enter to win my March/April '22 Quiltmaker Gift-Away?

I hope so!  That drawing happens this coming Wednesday, so be sure to enter.

What else happens Wednesday?  Our first Quiltville Inn Retreat of 2022!!  I'm so excited to be welcoming this year's guests.  I've missed the hubbub and chatter.  Just a few more sleeps!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves!

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Got a friend you haven't talked to in awhile? Give them a call!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!