Friday, September 07, 2007

Using from scraps - I have a plan

The new cupboards from Ikea (see August 18) have made a great difference in how I see my fabrics. It is easy to see what I have and it is easy to pick what I need.
It is so much more fun to use from the fabrics and you know I have a plan to empty some of those extra plastic bins with mostly scraps.
I can't say that this quilt top made the biggest dent, but one bite at a time, and the elephant is eaten before you know it :-)

My plan for September is to make 3 tops from scraps, for care quilts.
Step 2 will be to machine quilt and put binding on in October.
Step 3 is to display the quilts at our bi-annual local quilt show in November, to try to inspire more quilters to make care quilts too :-)

I am no saint - I bought approx 5 meters of CW repros yesterday. To touch, to dream, to cut into, to enjoy!
One have to have a balanced diet, right ? CW repros is a special food group - like vitamins, Vitamin Q :-)

11 comments:

  1. 5 m CW repro? My God! Gledar meg til å sjå dei, og sjå kva du lagar av dei!
    Utruleg kva ein kan lage av "skrap"...det blir lekkert!

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  2. I'd love to see a picture of the civil war fabrics, too. VBG The strip
    quilt is very nice and your plan for using up scraps sounds very good.

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  3. I'm with you Hanne, love me some Vitamin Q!
    *hugs*
    Tazzie
    :-)

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  4. Anonymous4:35 am

    That quilt is gorgeous. Your plan to get 3 quilts done in 3 months is impressive. Wish I could do the same but I do not have a machine...yet.

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  5. Nice job Hanne, I finished up a HeartStrings quilt the other day too. I like your plan and I'm sure you will inspire others to make care quilts too.

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  6. WOW! You are doing gerat. Hope you'll manage to fullfill your plan. I believe you'll do it! Your quilt is so nice. Keep up using your stash, it gives more pleasure in provinding new "vitamins"

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  7. Anonymous1:21 pm

    Beautiful quilt! See how a trip to IKEA can fix so many things! (Must be wonderful to live close to an IKEA store!).

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  8. wonderful string quilt and a great plan Hanne

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  9. Lovely colours you used for your string quilt!

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  10. You are aa girl after my qwn heart lol! Does one ever need an excuse yo purchase Civil War repros? As for my elephant - the bites I'm taking seem tobe so small that it will take years to eat him!

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  11. Amazing job!! I am convinced that scraps have babies when you're not looking! ;)

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