is another girl's treasure. I am a member of a Modern quilt guild. We had a zip lock bag scrap fabric exchange. You fill up a gallon bag with all the scraps you can. When I got home I opened up my bag to all kinds of fabric treasures. One of the things that was in it was a bunch of nine patch blocks already made. I made more 9 patch blocks with some of the matching scraps in the bag. Then I cut each nine patch block down the center horizontally and vertically to get the disappearing nine patch blocks. I sewed them in rows along with some cute yellow bubble fabric in between those rows to get this baby quilt.
There was also these squares cut out which I put together to make another baby quilt.
I made these to donate for preemie babies in our hospital. The other guild I am in does this as their charity project. The guild donates the batting to those who make the quilts. This coming Monday I will get some batting, layer them and practice my free motion quilting. I even have the binding made.
The guild also makes nap blankets to donate to school children. They are just made using two yards of fabric, front and back. So I made four of those so that four little children will have something to lay on when they take their nap.
I was thrilled when I saw those scraps that would make some cute preemie quilts.
You just never know what you will find in someone else scrap bag!
23 comments:
Perfect. Lucky little ones too.
I really love what you did with the 9-patches. Neat effect.
They look awesome Carrie! I should do that with my scraps!
What fun scraps! I love what you turned them into and so will the little ones.
Love it! So much fun to make something pretty out of someone elses scraps!
I've been in my quilt/sewing room all day cleaning and organizing fabric. Now some of it I had to wonder.. "What was I thinking when I bought this!" But then again, I thought that at one time I thought it was beautiful and fabulous, and somehow if I put it with the right other fabric, perhaps it could become a beautiful quilt. It could be a wonderful challenge.
Those are some great projects Carrie and you did an awesome job making them cute too!
So much fun making quilts for little people, to donate. Yours turned out super cute!!
what great makes with your scrap bag!
Love your collage of summer foods in your previous post. Yum!
great job taking something that was not loved anymore and turning it into great quilts for lucky little ones. You are like the scrap fairy working magic on those forgotten blocks!
Your treasures are so beautiful. I love to make quilts for children too. Enjoy seeing yours and getting more ideas. thanks.
You sure did make that trash look good!
J'ai fondé une guilde ici, nous sommes 5 et nous avons fait et nous en avons d'autres a faire pour une maison ici de femmes battus.
Qui sont à cette maison avec leur bébé.
Bravo elles sont très jolies!!! vos courtepointes.
Gisèle du Québec
Way to go Carrie......these will be treasured by some little ones I know.
Love the bicycle fabric. Very cute. What a feel good experience.
Swaps like that would be fun! I love getting someone else's scraps to play with.
I love the quilts - they are going to be treasured for a very long time!!!
Isn't it great when a scrap bag holds such treasures! There are some very lucky babies out there!
Cheers!
Scraps are always good! You did a beautiful job with them :-)
Beautiful work Carrie! Sometimes it is fun to have the challenge of working with different blocks/fabrics and making them into something else!
I love scrap swaps! It is fun to see what surprises you receive. It looks like your bag was a winner for sure.
Those definitely look like treasures to me, not scraps. :)
Well done you! A great result from someone else's "trash"!
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