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Blessed by everyday blessings

these are a few of my favorite things

~smiling faces~

~hugs and kisses from grandchildren
and hearing the name Nanny from far away places~

~mostly old sometimes new~

~quilts with love stitched through and through

~Babies and butterflys and all things created~

~To know you are loved makes life sweet with grace traces ~























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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Strings and things



Got fabric???
Waste not want not they say. 
It is so hard to throw fabric away.
My quilt guild receives an abundance
of unwanted fabric. 

And it multiplies in the night!

This was my challenge.
Using one bag of unlovely scraps...
 could I make something lovely???

After inspiration here http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com
 I began to sew......

Grab a strip out of the bag...Don't think about it too much,
  just sew it onto another piece.

Keep sewing randomly until you have a block of fabric
Square it up to the size you want ... Mine are 12 1/2''
Keep sewing !!!  Learn as you go what you like.

Don't be afraid to experiment.


Perhaps it is not as lovely as the inspiration
 maybe even bit more quirky than lovely 
but it is what it is and
it is now a finished top!

Somebody will find it cozy. 



I would take it on a picnic : )  

Every handmade thing has love sewn into it
whether you like the fabric or not. 



It  makes me happy in an unusual way.
I have made something useful out of nothing.
I looks like a grandma quilt.... I am a grandma.
Perhaps it is the Stripes around the edge adding calm to the chaos.
Perhaps I'm happy because it is simply finished! 


Several of the blocks have little bears as the center.

So I will call this my "Sending you a Bear Hug"  quilt.

It will be a Charity quilt given to someone who needs a hug. 

If quilts could talk each piece of fabric would tell me 
about the person who once loved the fabric enough to buy it.



The best part of the creative process was making these little houses.
 I left the light on in the attic of one little house
 because that is where I sew : )  


This will be the label on the back.

This is not a precise process.... proving anyone ,
YES anyone
 can sew 2 pieces of fabric together

 and MAKE A QUILT!!!

Make it happen.   

Fabric makes me happy!

TaTa

Janita








4 comments :

Podunk Pretties said...

What a lovely inspirational quilt sure to be love for years to come. It makes me want to run to my scrap bin and start sewing at random.

Christine B said...

I love your string quilt Janita! It looks great! Love those little houses.... they look warm and welcoming! Have a great week! Christine x

Celtic Thistle said...

It is lovely Janita, I am sure that whoever receives it will be thrilled with it and appreciate the love that went into it.

quiltingbydawn said...

What a wonderful scrappy quilt! I love the process of just randomly choosing fabrics scraps. Sometimes that is hard for me to do...always trying to control the placement. Love the house block!

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