Truth be told, I'm kind of over the sewing of all of these strips. As the quilt top gets bigger and bigger, it becomes more difficult to sew the new strip layer on without the weight of the top pulling against it. Right now, this top is 77" square, and if you think I've finished sewing, you'd be incorrect.
The pile has diminished, but it definitely isn't gone yet. The good thing is, as the top gets bigger, it takes more length to make it all the way around the square, and each full layer only adds 2" of finished quilt width. I'm really hoping that I only have about 3 more layers to sew on, which will result in a quilt about 83" square. That's just a guesstimate based on the size of the pile though. If it gets too much bigger than that, I might end up adding to the top and bottom only to make it a rectangle, rather than a bigger square. The bigger it gets, the more I love it, so I'll just have to see how it goes!
Last week's party was full of awesomeness! Vasudha at Storied Quilts linked up this gorgeous bit of sunshine-
Look at this cheerful Village quilt by Linda at Flourishing Palms!
Shannon at The Flemings Nine showed off this lovely, fresh quilt-
And Sew Yummy shared this vibrant finish (you know I love a rainbow!)-
I am just a little bit later than usual with this post (I was trying to get my quilt top completely finished but realized that wasn't going to happen before my post), otherwise I would choose extra highlights for you. Last week's party was jam-packed with great stuff, so if you missed it, go take a look!
Let's make the first party of July a great one, y'all. It's time to party!
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I love your scrap square, rectangle to be quilt top! Scrap quilts are my favorite and I'm working my way through my heaps of scraps this summer.
ReplyDeleteLove the scrappy strips. I now have an idea how I might be using up my container full of 1 1/2" strips!
ReplyDeleteWow, your strip quilt is a beauty!!! How are you keeping it so nice and flat?
ReplyDeleteI love your scrappy spiral!!! Since you're only sewing around the edges, you might find it helpful to gather up the middle of the quilt and tie or rubber band it so that most of the weight stays on your sewing table. This trick is helpful when sewing binding on a big quilt, too.
ReplyDeleteTerrific hint, Jan!
DeleteNow I get it! What a monster this will be (size wise!)! With all those seams I bet it is heavy. Are you going to quilt it yourself? Keep going...we can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeletelike to seeing how scraps of strips are used. Shows the history of fabrics used. please show the completion.
ReplyDeleteI adore your strippy quilt, Kelly! I totally get how the weight/drag is making things more and more difficult the larger the top becomes. I learned early on when assembling a quilt top from block rows, to put it together in two halves and then sew the center seam connecting them last so I wouldn't have the weight of the entire quilt top fighting me when attaching the last row of blocks -- but there's no way to do that with a quilt like yours that grows from the center out. You're doing an amazing job! I'm curious: I know that with adding borders to a quilt, it's easy to have each border go on slightly too big and end up with Wavy Border syndrome. This quilt like yours is like a whole quilt made from a gazillion borders. Do you have a secret or a tip for ensuring that doesn't happen with each row of pieced strips?
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely scrap quilt. A good idea to bring in some of your old stash. I'm likely to try this.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore this!!!! Never seen anything like it!!!! Do I dare try it? Kelly, you always inspire me!!!! Thanks for sharing this piece of wonderfulness!
ReplyDeleteI love how you are putting the strips together in more of a log cabin style and not just horizontal stripes. It looks great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a laborious project... but what a fantastic feeling to have used up so many strip scraps! I don't have as many as you do, but then I've been turning my strips into a braid rug, as I go along. Thanks for sharing my Villages quilt. So glad that's finished and ready to be given to a nephew and wife... whenever, IF ever, we can travel again. No one wants visitors from Florida right now! The alone time (not getting to see children and grandchildren) is getting old. Enough already! I'm blogging too, but not exclusively about quilting. Funny how Coronavirus keeps creeping into my posts.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of seams! It looks great and will always be a treasure trove of bits from past projects :)
ReplyDeleteI love your strips and I don't know how you do it. I made a courthouse steps quilt and the more strips I added the more stretchy it got. I quit way before your size. You are amazing!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just too funny to me - I have a series of Dumpster Diving quilts and the plan for #14 is a medallion (with a rectangular center since I don't love square quilts). Fun to see yours under construction.
ReplyDeleteI have GOT to try this! I recently finished sewing together enough log cabin blocks made of 1 1/2" strips and I have TONS of strips left over. Now I know what I'm going to do with them! So thank you for the inspriation. I my not get quite as large as you are going but I'll just sew with them until I run out. I LOVE this random scrappy look!
ReplyDeleteWow...it turned out great. Good luck adding more. Looking forward to seeing how you quilt it.
ReplyDeleteWow and wow! Your quilt is going to be a great family snuggle quilt! I just imagine the memories in all the fabrics you used! So precious!
ReplyDeleteLove this. I have been wanting to make a scrap quilt tablecloth and this would be great. Certainly harder to notice any spots on such a busy piece. Thanks for the idea and all the pretty quilts you bring my way.
ReplyDeleteDeborah Is there a pattern for your quilt? I am a visual learner. Your quilt is so pretty and lively. poladydwd at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteMy mother crocheted an Afghan using up all her old yarn. Same concept. It is trully loved. Lately these past few months I have been thinking of this same concept. What size are you using. Looks to be 2 1/2? I just love this quilt.
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