Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Tiny Needle Tuesday

 

I only managed to get one little yellow pair of overalls and a little star finished on the birth sampler this week. I had other fish to fry.



Instead of stitching I got the bug to sort and cut up that big bin of material I had just inherited. 



Dad's lady friend's Daughter asked me to incorporate this piece of material into whatever quilt design I decided to make for her. Her mother had made her a dress out of it years ago. The motifs are really big for a quilt but I had an idea.



I fussy cut the small butterflies and some other small motifs I found on different material that otherwise wouldn't be suitable.




Dad's lady friend was not a quilter so most of the material was used for clothing or home decor. It was hard to find a pattern that was going to look right with such randomness going on. I watched scrappy quilt You Tube videos all night.  I decided on a simple postage stamp block to let the material speak for itself as it is very vintage and rather fragile. I am still determined to use just what's in the bin so it's going to be interesting. 



9 comments:

  1. That square with the big kitty face is awesome. It is going to be like an I-Spy quilt.

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  2. That will be so fun and so meaningful for her.

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  3. How nice of you to make her a quilt with her mother's fabric. It will be so special to her and she will remember her Mom each time she sees it.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  4. The fussy cuts are fun! It will be a great memory quilt.

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  5. Thank goodness for a11 the videos we can watch!
    Your work is going to be very important to her. Cats, cats and more cats..yes

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  6. Very clever! I think you have hit on a great idea!

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