I was just reading someone's blog this morning in which they showcased a beautiful improv quilt. It reminded me of one I made and hadn't mentioned here. As we all know, quilt making produces scraps! Lot's of scraps. Having come from a Mennonite background on my Mom's side, I was taught to never waste anything so I decided to try my hand at improv. It was actually quite fun and relaxing. I didn't make blocks exactly, I just put pieces together. This is the result of scraps from several of the previously posted quilts. In fact this was the final quilt top I made before I started quilting all 12 quilts I had made last year. I was very, very nervous about the quilting and so this quilt was my test subject so to speak.
Here's a close up of the quilting. I just used my walking foot starting at one side I would sew straight across at an angle, move over a ways and go again. I used a teal (turquoise?) embroidery thread so it really shows up close.
This picture of the back really shows the crazy quilting lines. To me, it looks like shattered glass.
Recently, I made up about 10 quilt "kits". I cut the fabric, including backing and binding, for some patterns I want to make and packaged them up in zippered bags so they're all ready to sew together. Once I have several quilt tops made, I will baste them all up and then quilt them. I like to work assembly line style as it seems more efficient. Plus, I change the furniture around in my sewing room based on the job I'm doing, ie. cutting, piecing, basting, etc. I have two folding tables that serve my well.
Since I have even more scraps, I think it's time to make another improv quilt.
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