Monday, September 3, 2012

Inner Dialogue

I have been working on my Scrap Vomit quilt here and there
as bits of free time pop up.


The cutting is addicting!
I find myself saying "oh I'll just cut a few more...and a few more...." 
I have strictly stuck with scraps from projects that have already been made.
It's been a little tough to stay away from my yardage!

I didn't realize just how much all of these little pieces would mean to me.
I have racing thoughts the entire time....

"oh, that's from the boys bed quilts"
"this one is from Sasha's baby bedding"
"wow, I used some of this in my grandmother's quilt 
when my grandfather died."
"and this one is from Cait's quilt when I was 
giving her sewing lessons"

A lot of these fabrics are from the last few years.
I think I might go down to the storage room and 
try to find some older goods!

I sized my squares down to 2" rather than 2.5"
These squares finish at a whopping 1.5"!!!
I have been using Oh Fransson's Stamp Collection technique.
It's pretty fabulous!


You can learn all about that here!

Just look at these beautiful intersections!



There is no way that I could have achieved such perfect lines with such 
tiny squares without this method.
No way!  None!

10 comments:

  1. I can't even begin to imagine piecing those tiny things! But you are going to have such a fun quilt when you are done. And so cool to be able to look back and play "I-spy" with all your past projects!

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  2. It does look fantastic! I have a few projects like this too, full of memories. :)

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  3. The fabric is perfect for this project :) and thank for sharing the link. Great tip.

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  4. What a fantastic project. And I couldn't imagine those tiny squares. Gorgeous Lu ;o)

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  5. Oh it's so pretty!! I love all the memories from scraps too, it helps me remember what I've actually made! You're going to have the most beautiful scrap vomit quilt ever! I can't believe how perfect your squares are! It looks so wonderful, thanks for including the links!

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  6. Oh wow! I love how it turned out. Are we still going to get together?

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  7. ooh fun! your intersections look fantastic!

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  8. there is nothing better than perfectly pieced squares. love the crap out of it!

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  9. Hey, I've just stumbled upon your blog. Its lovely!

    Weird question... Do you happen to know what line of fabric that purple flowery print is from. Top right square of the center 4 in the last picture. I have a tiny tiny scrap of it in red and its one of my favourite prints ever!

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