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Monday, July 13, 2015

Design Wall Monday 7/13/15

The Improv Scrappy blocks that my sister and I were making together last month have been joined together into a quilt top. We are planning to make a total of three throw quilts/wallhangings with our blocks.


Another group of blocks have been joined into this second top. This one includes a scrappy pieced border and will get a final wider border of the grey solid.



The fabrics in these blocks all came from many bags of scraps that date back several decades when our mother used to make clothing for all of us. We've had such a good time reminiscing about the garments that were made from these wonderful prints.

I am linking up to Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Timeswhere you can see all sorts of amazing quilting inspiration! I am also linking up to Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt and with Scraptastic Tuesday hosted by Nicky at Mrs Sew and Sow.

Julie in GA

10 comments:

  1. What a wonderful setting for an assortment of scrappy strips! The solid (or reads-as-solid) gray sashing creates a calm frame. Great job!

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  2. I agree with Nann. THe setting is just right, simple and effective.

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  3. How wonderful! To have your memories made into such fun quilts. And I agree with Nan, too. If only I had kept the scraps from when I made clothes for my two daughters. I didn't quilt back then and just threw them away. I know.... the Horrors!!

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  4. Love this project! Great results, too.

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  5. Love your scrappy blocks! Perfect use for all those fabrics.

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  6. Love both the quilts and that grey sashing looks just right :)

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  7. Interesting to see the different settings for these lovely quilts, and what fun to make with your sister. My first quilt ever was scraps from clothes my mum made for us: I still enjoy looking at it and remembering all various dresses they came from.

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  8. Lots of bright fun colors, the gray framing does a great job of calming down and highlighting all the colors. Beautifully done.

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  9. Oh gosh - I think I just added that to my bucket list! fantastic!!!!

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  10. So much colourful joy to look at and talk about! They really are fabulous memory pieces. Thanks for linking up to #scraptastictuesday

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