Scrap-Happy Meets Wild & Crazy!

Earlier this year I decided I wanted to do something with all the scraps of leftover fabric I've got in my stash from previous sewing projects.  And right around the time this idea popped in my head, Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side was hosting an Improv with Amy sew-along/tutorial event on social media, so I decided to challenge myself and join in...  And here it is!

 This was the start of my #improvpieced quilt top, featuring many un-matching fabrics that kinda make it look like a Wild and Crazy quilt!  🤪 

Besides all the scrap fabric pieces I was using in this project, I also used a number of my own #spoonflowerfabric designs. For example, the purple petunia is one of my own personal fabric designs, along with a number of others. 😊

 Let the piecing begin...

 

 Below shows a closeup of a number of my Spoonflower designs

incorporated into the piecing along with the scraps.

 And the quilt top is completed...

 Just another closeup...

 Curved piecing below = great practice and I love how it turned out!

AND FINALLY...

My Improv with Amy quilt is completely finished!

I designed my quilt label using Bazaart and PicMonkey,

then ordered it through Spoonflower.

 

The best part about this quilt?

Well, that would have to be that Amy Ellis quilted it for me! 🥰.

I love her Broken Glass Quilt Design on this quilt...

it works perfectly with the busy fabrics!
 

While geocaching at an old cemetery after work,

I decided to take some of these photos.

I just love the history and reading the headstones,

especially when they’re from the Civil War era.

 

 

A Little Catching Up....

I haven't had much time to Blog the past couple of months, so I'm falling behind on my posts.  Here's just a quick recap of some projects I've been working on and have worked on that I didn't get a chance to Blog about.

 Above: "Modern Christmas Trees" - Still needs a border yet before it can be quilted.

Below: Shadow Box Airplanes - Still needs a border, too, before it can be quilted.

 Completed Christmas Quilt

(Left and below)
This was a Star Point Quilt Guild group effort...

members of the guild made the "pinwheel" blocks,

I won the blocks at our 2012 Christmas party,

and I made this quilt using those blocks as the basis of the quilt.

Quilt binding was hand sewn on by Rona, our Guild President.

Quilt was completed in early 2014

 

Below: "Candy Store"A fantastic stash buster quilt to make!

This is just the quilt top. It's been sent over to Meandering Mary for long-arm quilting.

Pattern is from Fons & Porter's Love of Quiltingmagazine, May/June 2012 Issue.