Can you spot the Basset Hound amongst these scraps? I pulled a few scraps (these are Karavan by Valori Wells) and placed a few here and there to see if these will work for my Wilbur the Basset wall hanging and I'm pretty happy with them! I've hand sewn a
Basset outline with Perle cotton (earlier post) and am going to fill him in with more of these scraps. This is one of my projects for the Library Project link up, inspired by an elephant design in Scrap Happy Quilting.
Adrienne at Chezetcook Modern Quilts has a linky party encouraging us to
make stuff from the books and magazines we buy, instead of just
browsing, admiring and putting them back on the bookshelf. I love this
idea. I've tried to pick smaller projects that I
could work on in between quilts. I have 1 work in progress, 1 finished and 2 not yet started!
This one in progress uses the Ticker-Tape technique. It's really neat and I'm going to do it as a quilt as you go to add the scraps. I found 2 tutorials that explain this approach really well. One from
Stitched in Colour and one from
Crazy Mom Quilts. Apparently this is addictive and I can see the attraction already. A really fun project so far!
I do have one finish to share with you. I made a patchwork charm bag and the
last post had it nearly done, only needing some binding and a button - ta dah! All buttoned up now and finished!
This project was from Creative Quilting and uses 30 charm squares ( a 9
patch for front and back, 6 patch for flap and the rest for the strap!)
so is very economical to make. It is a surprisingly roomy bag and I
can get a small laptop or net book, phone keys, wallet and camera into
it! The fabric is Spa by Deb Strain with lemon solid to contrast. It's
a bit summery for this time of year but I hope to use it for carting
bits and bobs to Thursday night sewing meetings.
It came from Creative Quilting magazine and I followed the instructions without making any changes. If I was to make another I'd make a longer strap but that's about it. Everything else was spot on.
I'm really enjoying these smaller projects. Nice to have a finish under my belt for a change! Linking up to
Finish it Friday and
Your Bassett Hound is coming along nicely! Lovely fabric choices!
ReplyDeleteI love this linky idea. I'll need to check it out. I also loooove the Bassett hound scrap layout! Can't wait to see it finished!
ReplyDeletehow fun with your basset for inspiration! I have a ticker tape mini on deck for my miniQuilt series - it looks so fun and quick! I hope yours comes together nicely for you and meets your four-legged friend's approval : )
ReplyDeleteCute bag! And the basset hound is going to be very cool.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to choose smaller projects. Wish I would have thought of that. Your hound will be amazing. Looks like such fun.
ReplyDeletecute puppy, what a great idea, better not show my hubby, or he will want a cow made!!
ReplyDeleteYour wall hanging is looking great so far - I'm going to check out those links you provided and check out that process.
ReplyDeleteThe hound shape looks great. Looking forward to the finish!
ReplyDeleteyour hound makes me smile :) I cannot wait to see him emerge even more. And I love the button on your new bag :)
ReplyDeleteYour Basset hound is adorable. What a great idea for a quilt.
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