My red scrap bucket had lots of narrow strips in it, so this month I just started sewing strips onto strips onto strips until I had a piece that was about 13 x 17!
A piece of muslin made a good backing and shows off my quilting design, too! I was inspired to use the Hanging Diamonds quilting design after seeing a project that Melva had used it on.
I trimmed this to 12.5 x 16.5, placemat size.
More strips were sewn together to use for binding.
Our inspiration this month was the color red and hearts - both perfect for February!
Besides hearts, the red scrap bin had stars, stripes,
snowflakes, flowers - all kinds of fun prints!
It turns out that this mini quilt fits perfectly on the bedside table. I have the perfect dish to set on it, too - a door prize that I won at our February quilt group get together.
But it also fits the table in between the comfy chairs where we sit to have morning coffee. So that's where I think it will stay!
Linking up with the Joyful Quilter for the February Table Scraps Challenge,
Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday,
Quilting Learning Combo for Free Motion Mavericks
and SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.
Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!
Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday
What a sweet quick finish.
ReplyDeleteLove that finish Diann! Your pretty dish looks perfect on it. I like that quilting on it too, I'm off to visit Melva's blog. :D
ReplyDeleteYour pretty dish is the perfect compliment to that sweet finish!
ReplyDeleteso many pretty reds!
ReplyDeleteLook at all that stringy scrappy goodness! Perfect! And what a cute heart shaped dish for the trinkets beside the bed. It will be fun to see it as you have your morning coffee too!
ReplyDeleteIt's a perfect little topper! I am thinking I just need to make some of these as casserole dish trivets using insulbrite!
ReplyDeleteWhat an eclectic mix of scrappy RED strips, Diann! Your new table topper will be just right for a number of months/seasons/holidays during the year.
ReplyDeleteOooh this is so pretty, Diann! A great use of scrappy strips. It fits your end table perfectly . Hugs.
ReplyDeleteYour sweet table topper is so perfect that I think you need two! One for each table! Yours is a great project and one you will enjoy for many years.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great on the table and so cheery and bright! Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a such a cheery and useful finish! You have some adorable red scraps.
ReplyDeleteThis table mat is a cute finish and happy it works in both spaces! A win-win!!
ReplyDeleteI love the scrappy binding on this one! I need to finish off my challenge piece..... how did it get to be the end of February so quickly?
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! It looks super cute wiht the heart bowl on it!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute little table patchwork, Diann!!! Love that heart bowl you won, with it!!! The size looks versatile!
ReplyDeleteHow amazing that you have so many red scraps, and they look wonderful together!
ReplyDeleteJane in Australia
Great job on using up some of those skinny red strips. I love the final result. So cute with the heart bowl. Congrats! ;^)
ReplyDeleteYou may great use of all those small strips in your table topper. Red is such a fun color to sew with.
ReplyDeleteGreat placemat. I think I'll try your methodology this weekend. I'm not sure what color I'll pull to work with but I have a lot of strings and strips I've cut. It would be a great leader ender project... not that I don't have a bunch of them! Happy quilting.
ReplyDeleteHi Diann, what a lovely finish! It's great that you can use it in two places (if you want to swap it out!). Thanks so much for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. I'm not sure that I'll be able to make something for February - I'll be out of town but might get something hand-made done. Take care.
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