Batik Scrap Quilt Finished

It was worth it! It's really cool. I know they'll love it.

I need a little more info on that beautiful quilt hang above the bed too! The amount of binding was certainly worth it Joan (easy for me to say, huh?)...that's a beautiful quilt on the bed!

I want to know what you used for the backing also! I know what you mean about the binding - any tricks to omit those seemingly extra corners that suddenly appear when you think that you have reached #4 already? jennellh

I love it! I love colorful "English Garden" type quilts.

I've started to begin sewing down my binding just before a corner. It seems to make "fewer" corners! You can then zoom down the homestretch with all the corners finished. Just a mental trick.

"Started to begin"?? Sheesh. I start sewing down my binding just a few inches before a corner........carry on......

Wow, that is awesome. Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Joan!!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Not Joan, but it's pretty easy to calculate. A 2.5" square will finish to 2". If a quilt is 100" x 100", it is 50 squares wide by 50 squares long. So there are 50x50=2500 squares in the quilt. A standard twin-size mattress is 39"x76", so a twin size quilt might be about 60"x90". That would 30x45=1350 squares without any sashing. Looks like you've got some cutting to do :)

Julia in MN

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Estelle Gallagher wrote:

There were exactly 1,000,001 squares in the quilt. (No, just seemed like it.)

The wallhanging came from FRESH FROM THE GARDEN by Blackbird Designs, published in 2000. It was one of my 'I'm going to learn to love applique' projects. I did it in batiks, which I love, and it was originally going to have 9 blocks. I started and stopped and it just sat for years. Finally, I took it out and decided that a wallhanging was all it would ever be and finished it. It has some embellishments sprinkled around that don't show on the picture. I do love it.

Backing for the big quilt came from

Lane Quilters). It is a wonderful green/brown forestybatik that came in 108" width. You know how I hate to sew quiltbacks! BTW, the wide muslin for the 'batting' in that quilt came fromthem, too.

Thank you for the kind compliments. It's always fun to share projects here joan

I do all my corners first! (then sew the in-betweens). . In message , KJ writes

Looks great! (I think scrappy quilts are my favorite kind!) Allison

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Now THAT'S discipline! Too late for me to try that this time, but I'll do it on my next quilt!

And it's a trick that works! I do the same thing.

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Fabulous! I love it and the wall hanging is stunning. Well done Joan. Cheers Bronnie

That's a gorgeous quilt! Wow! :)

It makes it finish like a breeze! And you're tackling the corners while you are fresh (I get jaded quite quickly >gNow THAT'S discipline! Too late for me to try that this time, but I'll do

But worth it! This sort of thing just satisfies the soul. Making something immensely beautiful out of scraps -I love it! Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap

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