Sometimes you just want to use up a few fabric leftovers and make up something quick and easy. That’s the theory anyway. I have used the Quick Strippie pattern from MaryQuilts.com before with great success. No matter what novelties you use, this design always looks great - and you can modify it to fit the fabric pieces you have available.
So I blissfully cut up the leftover smallish pieces from the tote bag I made for Sadie’s Dream for a Cure (see this post) and began sewing the strips together:
See what’s wrong with the above picture? Those darn elephants on top are standing on their heads! I knew the jungle print was directional, but I thought that the goofy elephants went every which-away in the other fabric . Well, no they don't - sure, it's easy to see now. Glad I own a seam ripper (don’t we all have that old-faithful tool readily at hand?!) …
But now the strippie is done, the fabric is all used up, and it’s on the frame to quilt. Simple can be made simply after all – LOL!
I did make up some star block kits for my Quilts of Valor group meeting later this month.
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| ~25 kits for star blocks |
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| sample star blocks |
Maybe that’s why my brain was tired! A star-in-a-star pattern can be found at McCall’s Quilting:
Where this pattern has an internal star, we will be using the pinwheels that result from our leftover triangles from snowball blocks – waste not, want not they always say!
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