quilting

Baggie Quilt

August 22, 2018

What is a baggie quilt, you ask? Well, just a silly name I made up, to be honest. It doesn’t involve sewing with baggies, in case you’re wondering.

Baggie Quilt - It all started with this little baggie (on the left), which had little 1-1/2" fabric squares in it. I made a mini quilt out of them. - piecefulthoughts.com

See that little baggie on the left? It was full of little 1-1/2″ squares. I received it, along with the other baggie, tucked in to a box with a bunch of red scraps that I won from Mari over at The Academic Quilter. I was delighted to receive the red scraps (she was very generous), and I have plans to make a red and white quilt with them once I decide on a pattern.

Anyway, back to the baggie quilt. I took the little 1-1/2″ squares from the baggie and began to sew them together in pairs, then the pairs into pairs. I didn’t bother to check if they were exactly 1-1/2″ square, and I didn’t allow myself to try to match which squares should go together. When all was said and done, I had enough strips to make six little 16-patch blocks that were 4-1/2″ square. (I did pull out a bunch of little yellow squares and set them aside, but more about that in a minute.)

I planned to border the six quilt squares with a low volume white or gray, then play with some slow stitching. The light colored background just didn’t work for me, though, so I auditioned some other solid colors and ended up with my favorite, orange.

Baggie Quilt - A little mini quilt made from a baggie of scraps! - piecefulthoughts.com

This little baggie quilt measures 13 inches by 18 inches. The border fabric and binding is Kona Orange. All the little scraps were so fun to see, like this light pink/purple that has a bit of glimmer to it.

Baggie Quilt - A mini quilt made from a baggie of 1-1/2" fabric squares - piecefulthoughts.com

This little leopard print pink square against the orange has me just a bit dazzled.

Baggie Quilt - A mini quilt made with a baggie of 1-1/2" fabric squares. Close up detail of some of the squares. - piecefulthoughts.com

The backing is this fun black and white print that was in my stash. It looks a bit chaotic with all the stitching, but it’s kind of fun, don’t you think?

Baggie Quilt - A mini quilt made from a baggie of 1-1/2" fabric squares. Backing fabric close up with quilting - piecefulthoughts.com

You’ve seen by now that I played around a bit with the quilting. I started out using Aurifil Bright Orange (#1133) thread to stitch in the ditch around the blocks, then I framed them by quilting around each square inside the orange border. Finally, I added some additional machine quilting using Aurifil Spring Green (#1231) and Aurifil Dark Violet (#2582).

I wanted to add some texture for fun, so I did some big stitching using Wonderfil Perle Cotton Eleganza #8 in yellow, pink and blue variegated threads. There is no quilting in the 16-patch blocks.

Baggie Quilt - A mini quilt made with a baggie full of 1-1/2" fabric squares. The quilt, with a peek at the back. - piecefulthoughts.com

I like the look of the mixture of threads as well as machine and hand sewing.

One more photo.this time by the flowers and falling leaves on my deck. I looking forward to using this mini in my fall decorations!

Baggie Quilt - A mini quilt made from a baggie of 1-1/2" fabric squares - piecefulthoughts.com

The baggie quilt was a little challenge that I made to myself, and it was a fun way to play with fabric scraps. I just may do the same with the other baggie.

Oh — remember that little pile of yellow squares I set aside? And remember those little pineapples in my last post? Well, I had to make a couple more pineapples, so I used the little yellow squares to make two more. I call these the party pineapples, because they are much less conservative than the two hanging over my kitchen sink.

Baggie Quilt - After making the mini quilt from the 1-1/2" fabric squares, I made these two "party pineapples" from some of the yellow 1-1/2" squares. Pattern for the pineapples is from Coriander Quilts. - piecefulthoughts.com

Fun, huh? They aren’t done yet, because I haven’t decided what to do with them. What do you think? Should I make a little mini with the two blocks? Should I make two separate blocks? A pillow? Give me some suggestions; I’d love to find something fun to make with them.

Linking up today with

Wendy

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