Friday, December 4, 2015

Forgotten Quilt Top

Here is the quilt top I made from Pat Sloan's pattern Little Wishes.  She issued the pattern as a challenge to use your scraps.  Well, I do have lots of scraps and lots of yardage that needs to be used since it is getting about 25 years old.  I looked around my sewing room and spied several pieces of solids that I used in my grandson's little bears quilt.  However, I loved the black fabric with the white polka dots that Pat used in her examples, so I purchased some almost like hers.  I stitched away and found that I had purchased enough solids to make the border too.  Wow!  I love this quilt!  It is so different from what I usually make, and it feels more modern than I thought I would ever like.  I do like this one!  It is currently at they quilter's and should be ready for binding this month unless my quilter got too busy with Christmas quilts.  For the backing, I used big chunks of what solids I had left.  I plan to bind it with the black polka dot fabric.  Whew!  It used a lot of my scraps, but I still have so much more to use!  That will be the fun this winter!


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