I had an idea! I wasn’t sure I had the time! I wasn’t sure just how to.go about it! So I bailed!!!
My go-to method of using scraps is to make crumb blocks! So I did! Did I take photo ? No, cause I was in the “zone”. Then I knew I could cut “ circles” from the crumb squares! So I found some scrap batting and a great piece of spotted purple batik for the backing..
Quilt all four to one piece of backing fabric. Use dark purple almost royal purple to make wavy lines. Easy peasy, no problem!
Again no photos til this :
The purple spotted backing!
From the front, minus the “coasters”. You get the idea!
Then how to finish. Bias binding was a necessity, I thought. I have a fancy dancy specialty ruler! I cut purple spotted fabric. And attached it!
Yuck!
Wonky, ugly and with all the corrections…I ran out of cut fabric! I will take these apart at a later date
( when I am bored) and recut the binding pieces to something narrower.
I took the naked one and found some skinny premade lavender bias tape in my stash. This worked, but again, I did it twice and the second time it was short a smidge! Why is that? I think my circle seam allowance was too big, making for a different circumference. Does that make sense?
Note the dark purple patch. Oy vey! It was a mess!
So now you know the “rest of the story”!
And I will be glad to go into August with a clean cutting table , a new color ( now I know it’s orange) and a new “prompt”!
So now, click on over to The Joyful Quilter and see the other fabulous finishes for Table Scraps Challenge for Purple, Circles and Dots for July! Thank you, Joyful, for all the work you do to keep this party going!
See you in August with a new attitude!
Love that you tried something new. Those could be cute ornaments decorating a sewing room tree!
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just have to try something and see if it works or not! Thanks for sharing your trials and tribulations, Judy. A cleaned off cutting board is definitely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Sometimes... You just have to laugh (or else you will cry.) Kudos for giving circles a try, Judy! I guess you are set for the 2023 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge when PURPLE month rolls around again, aren't you? :o))
ReplyDeleteSometimes we just need to experiment.
ReplyDeleteHi Judy, it sure can be frustrating when your brilliant idea doesn't quite work out. I think that it will look great with narrower binding. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us :-)
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