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Love everything I see posted here. Way to Go Stashbusters!!!

I am out of town for awhile so I won't be able to post pics till I get back home to my own computer at the end of the month.

Angela: That would cheer ME up! I love it!! Where did you find the pattern?

Oh, that Pineapple Blossom quilt is gorgeous!! Gotta take a look at that one. If I remember right, I saw Bonnie's PB quilt at the Vermont show, but she used much narrower strips.

Wow - some great eye candy

Brandy - I love that OrcaBay - so v ery pretty

Gardenpat - Whirly-girly quilt - great use of scraps - such fun

Reba - Your OBW is just gorgeous. Mind is still in pieces in a bag

Angela - That is such a cheery comfort quilt. I'm sure it will lift the spirits of all who even see it.

Sewlove - Cute little purse....love the pocket on the outside for the phone.

Here's a little quilt top I put together this week from my 2" stash! I hope to get it quilted and bound this week!

pat

... O O Pat I love it ... did you have a pattern? I have a heap of scraps hunks that would look so good in this layout. That earlie one is beautiful also.
Sure is fun coming to look in here - all the pretties The bags the blocks the quilts - stash is getting out of town ... means there must be room for more! woohoo
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Auntie Reba, here's a link

http://quiltville.blogspot.com...neapple-blossom.html

FFG, Bonnie gives directions for 2 different size strips...I did mine with 2.5" strips- I wanted something quick, so the bigger block met my needs better.

I love it. It's probably in her "Shirt tails" book which I have.. Maybe not the right title..I'll have to look later on. I like the idea of using your scraps.

CitySandie- I "decoded" this quilt by looking at it closely.

For each block:
Cut (4) 3-1/2" background squares,
(5) 2" background squares,
(4) 2" scrappy squares,
(4) 2" x 3-1/2" scrappy bricks
and (4) 2" x 6-1/2" strips.

Sew 4 sets of 2" background + 2" scrappy squares.
Add a 2" x 3-1/2" brick to the bottom of this set with scrappy 2" square on the left.

Sew 3-1/2" background square to the other side of the 2" x 3-1/2" scrappy brick.

Repeat so you have 4 rectangle sets.

Look at photo for placement direction of each set.

Don't forget to place the fifth 2" background square in the very center position of the block!

That's it!



Hth. pat

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thanks gardenpat, your directions make it easy to figure it out. I kept looking at it before and was making it more difficult! lol

debbie

DebbieWI- I made my first 4 sets for my first block and tried and tried to get those four rectangular units to make the final block! I even ripped apart one section to try to "make it work!"

Then I realized that there was the one remaining background square! Why hadn't I noticed it before? As soon as I set that in the very center of the block surrounded by the four rectangular units- it worked!

The moral of the story is to learn from my struggle and it will be an easy stash buster!

pat

I put this jelly roll quilt together in July. Actually, I don't know what to call the pre-cuts. There were more than 44, but only 5 different fabrics. So I cut a few strips from three other fabrics in my stash to give it a little zip. Finished quilting it yesterday - finished the quilting in one day using an ocean wave design in each row.

A sweet couple who are from Ghana and friends from church had their first baby on Saturday morning about 5 weeks early.

Baby and mom are doing well and going home from the hospital tonight so I need to make a baby boy quilt for them to give them on Sunday. Looked through some quilt magazines and found this pattern. Adapted it to my scraps and stash and here's the quilt top I put together today!

pat

How cute is THAT!!!

What a blessing - love how it turned out. How do you do it?

Angela: I just got to print it out and I'm so excited. Here goes another project to do!

This one was even more simple-

(13) 7-1/2" novelty squares (my teddy bears)
Made into snowball blocks by adding 2-1/4" squares to each corner and do a sew and flip.

The alternate block is a 4 patch using 2-1/4" squares alternating with HST that are cut at 4-3/8" before sewing on the diagonal into HST!

That's pretty much it!

Easy-peasy!!!!!! (and all of you know that that's the only kind of project I tackle!)

pat

I made 96 blocks from scrap stash, just had to buy the white. 60 are for the siggy swap in Branson & the extra are to get siggies from folks who didn't join the swap.

I love this thread & get such inspiration from what I see. Also, don't think there's a "quilt p0lice" that says you should do this or that. Finished? All of my fabric is work in progress!!

Gina

toryam- Are all 96 of those blocks different? I love it!!

We Stashbusters were "Eco-friendly recyclers and repurposers" before it was trendy!!!

Go, stashbusters!!!!

pat

ToryAm, I love all those scrappy blocks you've made!!!

Wow Toryam - that's quite a pile Great use of scraps!

Wow, more wonderful pics of stashbusters in action. Great job!

I am home & on my own computer so I'll try to post a couple of pics. This is yellow pillowcase made by request for a sister, to match another one that she had.

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and this is a caserole carrier made from stash fabric that was purchased awhile ago to make something that never got started.

I also made another caserole carrier in blue but I am having difficulty finding a pic of it.

another pic of the green carrier.

Well, I guess it's Sept 1 and that means it's time for the drawing to reward those sew-ers dedicated to STASHBUSTING!


http://boards.hgtv.com/eve/for...4011632/m/1213946267

The winner for her August efforts is:

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Congratulations Miss Lensews2! Please PM cksvett with your mailing address and she will send you some great goodies!

And the winner of the other prize for her August efforts is:

Congratulations Brandyquilter! Please PM Royaboomer and give her your mailing address and she will send you some great goodies!

Congratulations ladies!

And I didn't say it before, but Brandy, your Orca bay is awesome.

Congratulations to both our winners A job well-done.

Great job, ladies!

Now to start stash busting for September!!!!

pat

..WOOHOO CONGRATS TO BOTH OF YOU ...

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Congratulations Brandyquilter!!!!

toryam, wow, on finishing all those great siggy blocks. Great quilt Mcpatches...I plan to do one of those 1600 in quilts someday. Gardenpat, great job on those quilts. I especially love that intertwined one. Wow ladies, lovely projects & thank you so much for picking my name. Doing the stashbusters happy dance.

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Congrats to the prize winners and to all the finishers this month. As always a great variety of projects.
MissLensews2 That looks like an easy casserole tote to make. Where did you get the pattern?? Another prospect for the Fri. pj parties???