I have a big basket of cut offs from quilting. I trim the quilts and dump them in the basket. I keep them because they are substantial pieces, and, could be combined to make a pieced backing. I am lazy about working on it. It is overflowing, because if I have a big enough piece I tend to use that first. I grabbed a hunk of of them, and started piecing some together for a franken-batting. It is an intriguing sort of puzzle.
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| 76 x 92 |
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| 63 x 84 |
The pink one is probably not large enough, yet. We shall see if the red and blue will work.
stash report September 14, 2025
fabric added this week: 0 yards I did buy some wool pieces, though
fabric added year to date for 2025: 61 yards
fabric used this week: 12 yds snow ball is finished
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| 54 x 66 = 12 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2025: 242 1/2 yards
181 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 4 days last week finishing a quilt
I have created a new friendship swap for my rug hooking group. It is a swap rug. Everyone wanted houses this time. It has two rows of houses, and trees, too. We each do a house on our own rug, and then, we pass it around for everyone to hook a house on our rug, When we are done, we will have a rug with our friends hooking on it. I have made 2 or 3 others and they are such a treasure. We have a goal to trade every two weeks.
I finished this house for Vivian.
I am linking:
15 min to stitch at life in pieces
Piecing franken backings can be both fun and frustrating. I'm trying to use up my older stash, so I see a lot of that in my future. How many more houses do you have left to hook friendship rug swap?
ReplyDeleteI like the house that you hooked. That snowball quilt is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is lovely, as is the rug hooking!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to piece some backings in advance, and the two pink fabrics are pretty together. Your little house for Vivian is adorable, nice variegated yarn. Thank you for sharing and linking up!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on another finish! Really enjoy seeing the houses.
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