Saturday, November 12, 2016

Scrap Happy Saturday

Having fun in the studio

One of the best ways to bust a sewing funk is to find some mindless sewing.   And it has a double benefit if it also gets some s(crap) off your horizontal surfaces!

During my funk-breaking cleaning/organizing binge this week I came upon a basket of 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles that I had cut during the GRP (Great Reorganization Project) earlier this year.  Some were already sewn into twosies with an intention of joining them into long strips for a totally scrappy quilt.  Here's my progress:


The plan is to have 25 columns of 15 rectangles (50" x 60").  So far I have 19 columns of 12.  I will intentionally stagger the columns so that I don't have to match seams!  And I am considering inserting some neutral squares here and there for interest.  Since I don't have room on my wall for 25 columns, I'll take the finished strips to the next retreat where I'll have more space to come up with an "artful" arrangement.

Generally, I'm not big on making totally scrappy quilts -- mainly because I think they need to be TOTALLY scrappy to be effective and my organized brain resists doing that.  But I'm proud to say that I have pretty much just grabbed two rectangles and sewed on this one. About the only organization I've attempted is to alternate light/dark and to avoid having the same fabric in any column.

And guess what -- I like it!

Linking up with soscrappy for Scrap Happy Saturday.

Linking with Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap!




20 comments:

  1. My organized brain also resists totally scrappy. Yours looks pretty fabulous!

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  2. Love the Top! I use the 2.5 by 4.5 rectangles to make a 12 by 12 inch block as leaders and enders project. Once I get enough blocks made, I put them on the design wall and sew a few together. The top is totally scrapy with no matching seams and I can make it as small or as large as I want.

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  3. That's such a great idea! I'm going to have to file that away in my no-so-organized brain!

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  4. I'm right there with you on the organized brain thing. You have accomplished scrappy, though, and it looks great!

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  5. In the grip of GRP! Use it up! We love a scrap quilt.

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  6. At one time, I could not handle scrappy. Now I embrace it. Think it may have been a process over time ... with the influence of blogland, the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and Bonnie Hunter.
    I LOVE your 2.5"x 4.5" rectangle quilt! So many colors and prints.

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  7. A super project! Great scrappiness and amazing variety and punch! My eyes are so happy!!

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  8. Gotta LOVE a Stash Buster s(crap)py quilt!!! Hmm... I have scraps in that size cut and waiting for use. Perhaps, I should start sewing!

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  9. I like the fact that it is a scrap buster like Joy says, which does not mean it has to be totally scrappy. The alternating of colors and the thought you put into it make it very colorful, yet overall balanced. I seem to have "organization brain" as well. But we can still bust as many scraps either way. Great piece of work!

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  10. So colorful, I love scrappy quilts, but I too have a problem with organization in some cases. You did good! I love the staggering of the rows.

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  11. I know this might not be your final arrangement, but I like how the lighter colors glow around the navy center. Fun project, and I'm glad you're getting your sewing mojo back.

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  12. I have been wanting to make a scrappy rectangles quilt. Great idea for a leader/ender project. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  13. I have problems too with wanting to organize the pieces. A very fun scrappy project. Congrats on getting the scraps from the stash into a project.

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  14. That is a very happy scrappy quilt.

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  15. good to sew... I haven't been able to go in the studio

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  16. Trying something new can be hard, but it. Is always nice when it turns out well. Happy and scrappy, can't ask for more than that.

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  17. I struggle with totally scrappy too, but your strips are pleasingly random. Well done!

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