As I was organizing some scraps the other day, I pulled out my purple 2½” strips and squares and selected 50 different ones from which to make two 25-patches. I’ve been working with crumbs and strings more lately (mostly organizing and pressing but a little sewing too, for Xing and Crumble Weave), and it was… Continue reading Purple Pennies
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Yellow Pennies
I decided to pull out the yellow fabrics from my 2½” strips box and go ahead and make the two blocks needed for this planned charity quilt.. I’m also thinking of what I might do with the rest of them to “use them up.” Meanwhile, I’ve been setting up my new PC and trying to… Continue reading Yellow Pennies
Let’s count
I have quite a few scrappy charity quilt top projects started, since several quilters have given me some of their scraps over the past year. I haven’t written about all of these previously because, well, I just keep starting more. I’m inspired by quilt photos I see online and think, “Ooh, that would make a… Continue reading Let’s count
Pennies from Heaven (variation)
My Thursday quilting group made up kits of green 2.5-inch strips, similar to the blues, and I thought about doing Tiffany again, but the Pennies from Heaven quilt design came to mind. I altered it slightly, because it was originally a 5 blocks square design. I figured up that if I knocked off one column… Continue reading Pennies from Heaven (variation)