John 6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
If you have been following the blog and the recent page, The Mystery Quilt Revealed, you might remember these diagonal cuts that basically created a ‘goose’ had I been making flying geese. To get all the geese, I had several ‘sky’ or what some people call ‘wings’ left.
These ‘scraps’ were wwwwaaaaayyyyy too big for me to throw away.
The ‘wings’ were from a 9 1/2” strip so I had to figure out something to make from them.
I paired them up to make squares.
Two piles of twenty squares each gray and white. Forty!! Practically a whole quilt!! Now what to do with them. I’ll put my thinking cap on.
Some squares need more squaring up than others. I need to square up anyway so I’ll try to start with the one that’s the smallest.
I ‘googled’ a few ideas and decided to go with a Chevron look. Since the strips already had purple and magenta, I looked for something purple to match. When I found this piece with purple and peach, I thought it was perfect!!
I decided on a narrow peach strip to balance the wide white strip from the scraps I was using.
As it turned out, the teals from the Mystery Quilt were only about a quarter of an inch as circled above, so I decided it would be best to trim it off to reduce the bulk at the point. That made my trimming about 1/4” on the top and right side, provided my left side and bottom lines were square.
For the Chevron layout, I was one square short. I dug through the scraps again and found some end pieces that I spliced together.
The goose came out, but I needed the ‘wings.’ Another splice needed for the purple row.
After a couple splices, I had a square. Trimmed it and added it to the quilt. No one will probably even notice it.
Rows are done and ready to be sewn together. I thought it was going to be too much purple, but I think the peach is balancing it out.
Probably I’ll add borders before all is said and done.
COVID-19 updates.
Just as an FYI, my blog pages might be slowing down some for a while because the program I’ve been using has updated. I’m not really liking the ‘new & improved’ version. Learning all the new bells and whistles is apt to take away from my sewing time!! I’ll work on it when I’ve got a few minutes to spare.
My last planted sunflowers were the first ones to blossom!!
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