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Monday, June 17, 2013

Little Blessing (Hidden in my Stash:?)

AKA: Shoefly part II
You may have noticed in the 
that there was 1 block missing.

I didn't have enough of 'that' scrap
to complete one more block.
I had just decided to make it bigger
and use another set of scraps.

Then I remembered!!!
(Gotta love when that rememberer kicks in)
I had the scrap that I took with me
to find the yellow fabric
still in my wallet.
It was perfect.
I was able to make the two other little squares
I needed to finish the block.
I figured at least then I could have the 'body'
all the same scrap & do something different
for boarders and binding.

Oh wait, but there's more:
Then I looked in my stash...
I had about a 3/4 yard chunk of it.

Woohoo!  I did my happy dance
and proceeded to add boarders and binding.
This is the first piece that I have actually
stacked the needle to hand quilt it.
Maybe I should be ashamed to admit that,
but I am happy I finally gave it a whirl.
I'm not very good at it, 
but was improving as I went along.
(Oops, I still need to iron away my lines - today is ironing day, so will include this.)
Then, just because I am a little warped,
I added one more little nuance. 

The finished piece measures 16.25" square,
and I had fun.

Until next time,
Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

3 comments:

  1. Joey Lea,
    it si soooo cute!!!! I love your fly, and I can pro0mise it is the ONLY fly I love!
    I am glad you found all that "extra fabric". I always have extra fabric it seems.....I could make tons of quilts with my "extra" fabrics!
    Do you need any strawberries? I have a ton....but it would be cheaper to get them at market there probably.
    Hearts,
    Betsy

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  2. Woo hoo, woo hoo!!! I love that you found enough fabric to finish it off!! I love the secondary pattern when the shoo fly blocks are set together! I may just have to make one of these! It is just sooooooo cute!!

    Blessings

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  3. lovely choice of fabrics and thanks for telling us how big the piece is, what size are the individual blocks please.

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