I’ve reached a stage with my trip-a-long of having sixteen blocks finished and sewn together. I didn’t actually have enough scraps to attempt this so I used some fat quarters and cut into some half yards and I cut the strips at 3 1/2′ so my top now measures 60′ x 60′.
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half the top draped over the bannisters |
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and the other half |
(I decided to settle for inside pictures after a little incident with the red and white quilt which had to have three goes through the washing machine to recover from it’s attempted photo shoot).
My trip was semi-planned, using ‘Odds and Ends’ words for the main diagonals but now I’ve run myself out of several of the prints so I need to work out some kind of a border with the ones I have left…
In the meantime, I reached a stage of being behind with several bee blocks so I’m going to press on with those and link up the trip-a-long with Melissa at Sew Bitter Sweet Designs for A Lovely Year of finishes and I’ll come back to finish it up a bit later in the month. If you haven’t linked up yet with one thing you want to get finished in February, there’s still three days left.
Happy Sewing!
Janine @ Rainbow Hare
Annabella
Oh no, what happened to the red and white quilt? Did it get covered in something unseemly? The trippy is looking great and I hope you get it done!
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Archie the wonder dog
Love your scrappiness! I hope the red and white quilt has recovered from its ordeal?
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Patti
Looks like you're having fun on your “trip”! It's so cheerful looking too.
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Carla
Happy sewing today. Your scrappy trip is gorgeous!
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Christina Fairley Erickson
What a wonderful color combination. I can't wait to see it finished!
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Cynthia@aquilterbynight
I've been seeing a lot of this scrappy trip on the blogs… so fun… and your fabrics are so cute.
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Jess
Love your scrappy trip – lovely colours!
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Jennifer
Beautiful! I love your idea of 3.5″ strips!
Jennifer :)
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Scrapatches
Very pretty fabrics and colors in your scrappy trip. I wandered in from Anna'a blog and am enjoying your lovely quilts. I shall become a follower so I can find my way back … :) Pat
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Celtic Thistle
Your scrappy quilt looks lovely Janine, hope you manage to sort out what you need to finish it.
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Kirsty
The scrappy quilt is looking great!
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mammafairy
Oh I love your trip! I am planning to start one too, if I can just clear the decks of everything else first… They look great.
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Benta AtSLIKstitches
Sorry o hear about red and white, that's alwys my worry with taking them outside for photos. Scrappy is looking lovely
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Soma Acharya
Can't wait to see how you finish this one. I am so sorry to hear about your red and white quilt, thank goodness we have washing machines, right!
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