Rainbow crumb blocks from 2016 finally made it into a top!
Once upon a time (in the 1980's), I made myself a dress for a special trip from a brown/orange Cranston Print calico. I think I still have the dress somewhere tucked away in a box. When I helped my mother move recently, I found a box full of dressmaking scraps from things she and I had made over the years. I don't really like these types of calicos any longer, I much prefer more modern prints and fabrics. However, I felt challenged to put these scraps to good use. I thought about that long-ago trip while I sewed. I used up all the calico scraps in this rectangle quilt, pulling solids and near-solids from my stash to brighten it up. The last bit of fabric is in the scrappy backing. This will be donated to our guild comfort quilt program. The rectangle pattern was inspired by Mary who is very generous with her pattern instructions!
Since this project contains orange scraps as well as other colors, I'm linking up to Angela's RSC this week. Check out all the other great orange scrappy projects!
4 comments:
Using up all the bits and pieces always feels so virtuous. Best of all, it turned into a lovely quilt.
A totally brilliant, literally and figuratively, use of old scraps and new. The quilt is lovely, and I bet you had a nice stroll down Memory Lane!
Congrats! on your use of ORANGE scraps for the RSC. Both quilt and top turned out great!!
What a great quilt. I made one with scraps out of my mum's scrap bag from all the clothes she sewed us when we were kids. She never liked sewing LOL but it was cheaper than buying clothes. This is a great pattern you used! And a great cause.
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