Friday 10 October 2014

Two Scrapisfaction Friday Finishes!

I have sewed and quilted like a demon this week and both finished projects are from scraps, my favourite thing of the moment!  I said I was going to sew a "scrapisfaction" project once a month, but at the moment all I work with are scraps, so that makes me feel like an overachiever!

First up is the quilt I started at the weekend.  I put together the remnants from other quilts and stitched them together.  I wanted to make something for a boy and was pleasantly surprised by the quilt I made because the fabrics seem to belong together.  There's definitely a theme with this quilt because the only images belong to transport, and in a bizarre twist for me, there are no critters on this quilt!  I backed it with some cotton from last week's Ikea trip and found a nice navy blue spot to finish off the quilt; I think it works well.


This quilt was quilted on the front with a red thread to complement the many reds in the quilt.  The back was quilted in a light grey, which blended nicely with the blue backing.


Once this quilt was finished I quickly started the next.  I don't know what came over me, but I decided to sort the scraps into colours and then started working on ideas.


I suddenly had a brainwave to make some large half square triangle slabs of fabric and then to put them together in an eight star formation (not unlike my recent tablemats).
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I am really thrilled with this quilt.  I love how the colours all stand out so clearly, although there are many different variations within each colour point.  I love the scale.  I think it looks wonderful laid on top of a bed.


I am pleased with the large amount of quilting I did to emphasise the star shape and I think the cute backing works well because it comprises the four colours I used on the front.  I used remnants from the transport quilt's backing for the binding, which made this quilt even more scrapisfying!  When I look at the scraps it's hard to imagine that you can create something so coherent from them.  It blows my mind!


Thank you for popping by.





30 comments:

  1. Hello Emmajane! Love both these 'scrapisfaction'quilts!! Great results! :) x

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    1. Hello Christine! It's always nice to read your comment. Glad you like the quilts.

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  2. Love the scrap star quilt. Scrap quilts are my favorites to work on.

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    1. Hello Karen. Thanks for your comment. More scrap quilts will be here again soon.

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  3. They are both really cool. I love the way you put together the star quilt, great use of leftovers. Isn't it cool to think that you've made something that is so unique, the only one like that in the whole world? That's what I love about quilting.

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    1. Hi. Unique is great in our world of mass produced goods. Thanks for leaving a comment.

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  4. Both quilts are great, and all made from scraps, so that is a good feeling. I really like the star quilt - but have never made "slabs" of fabric like that.

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    1. Hello. Thanks for leaving a comment. Making slabs of fabric is good fun, but also addictive!

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  5. How great to be making such good use of scraps! I especially like that huge star. It's wonderful!

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  6. You are a scrappy star! Thanks for linking up to ScraptasticTuesday!

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    1. Thanks for hosting such a great monthly link up - I'll definitely be linking again!

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  7. Yay for two scraptastic finishes! Love the simple patchwork quilt.... But that big star is awesome! Nice job on the quilting, too. Really does accentuate the design. Beautiful!

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    1. Thanks for your kind comment. I'm glad others like it too.

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  8. I love that giant star and all those tiny vehicles! I too am so pleasantly surprised when the scraps work so nicely together. I'm glad you have joined in with Scraptastic Tuesday!

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    1. Thanks, Leanne! It has been fun looking at other people's scrappy projects too.

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  9. I love how you made the scrappy star. I might finch the idea from you one day.

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    1. Do it! It's surprisingly easy but so much fun.

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  10. What a great star quilt. It features the scraps beautifully

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    1. Thanks for visiting and leaving a nice comment.

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  11. Wonderful use of scraps! I love pulling similar colors together to make beautiful scrap quilts. The amazingly beautiful things that come out of seemingly trash fabric is fantastic.

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    1. Agreed! I have got to do another one of these again soon. Colour themes definitely work best.

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  12. LOVE your scrappy star! Such a great idea that turned out beautifully. I love that you put the large text print for the background. It complements the large star!

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    1. Thanks for your kind comment. I am pleased with the text fabric as well - it's certainly "on trend" but also is simple enough not to clash with the star.

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  13. Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your scrappy pieced star quilt---

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    1. Hi Angie. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. I am really chuffed (British English) with the comments I've received about it!

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  14. Amazing - I love how you just started - and voila - a new quilt! Beautiful!

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    1. Hi Alycia. Thank you for leaving a kind comment. I'm glad you like it.

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  15. Love both of your projects, great combination of colors and fabrics.
    Greetings,
    Sylvia

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    1. Danke schoen, Sylvia. Es freut mich, dass du es magst. Schoenen Tag noch!

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