Country Chain and Cross Quilt Complete

It's done, it's done, it's FINALLY done!  Only took three years.  Three years of the Flynn Frame, falling out of the closet every time I opened the door.

I like how it has turned out very much.  Considering it was initially called the "Ugly Brown Quilt"; it turned out great!

The prints in this quilt came from the donated fabric that went through the Great American Smoke-Out.  Remember "fabric lasagna"?  Thank heavens for Febreze and a sunny day.

This quilt is absolute proof that there is no such thing as ugly fabric, only fabric that hasn't been cut into small enough pieces.

80 small scraps and 160 tiny bits of fabric were used in this quilt.  Most of them were unattractive and any number of them were butt-ugly, and yet the quilt is pretty nice.  It's a wonderment!

June Completion - Scrappy Blue Nine-Patch

I took a break from blogging, but not from quilting.  With Rachel's help, the scrappy blue nine-patch is now complete.  I'm glad I went with the red border; it really sets it off nicely.

I tried something besides stippling for a change.  I found this method in Fons & Porter's "Love of Quilting", Jan/Feb 2008.  It's called "Continuous Curve Quilting".  It's not supposed to make circles like this; I made mine very curvy.  It's a pretty fast technique, though I should probably have slowed down a bit, but I was in a hurry!

This was the first quilt I ever made where I didn't buy ANYTHING for it.  I had enough of the green backing.  Rachel and I combined similar blues to fill out the sashing, and she had dozens of leftover half-square triangles from somewhere. 

I even pieced the batting,which I had never done before.  It worked fine; I can't even find the seam.

I'll have to remember to bring this quilt to the bee at Rachel's house this Sunday; she hasn't had a chance to see it completed yet.

And now, I'll leave you with a final treat from Krystian.  Yummo! (As Rachel Ray would say.)

Group Nine-Patch Scrap Quilts

The Blanketeers decided to harvest our scraps to make some nine-patch quilts. I've made 18 blocks so far and have barely made a dent in my stash. Rachel and I decided to use blue as our coordinating color. I made 12 of these blocks using only scraps with white backgrounds,... and six of these blocks using intensely colored prints. I love the really saturated hues like this one. Remember the "Great American Smoke-Out"? These bright scraps came from that haul. If you look closely at the GASO picture, you can see a bit of it peeking out.

I love this one too; I think it's a bit of Laurel Burch from who knows where.

And these ponies brought back fond memories of this quilt.

This clown fabric is more of the GASO fabric; I love the happy motifs.

And these stars were from the Baby Fats quilts. I remember picking them out at JoAnn's with Virginia many moons ago. I love using up scraps, especially from quilts I enjoyed making in the first place. I can't wait to see what Rachel comes up with. I'll probably recognize her fabrics too. 8)