Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Strips, Continued

So I remeasured the length of my pieced strips and found that I had mentioned the wrong measurement in my last post. I could have continued race-style, but that would have yielded a very long skinny piece. Using the actual length I had, I was able to cut it into three sections.

After joining them together and squaring up, I ended up with this piece measuring about 41" by 51". 

Since the design wall is occupied, the closet door will have to do. Please pardon the blue tape.

41 by 51" is a little small for a lap quilt so I'll think about adding a border. I'll see what I can find in my stash; surely there's something that'll go with all these colors. Meanwhile I don't want to handle it too much - there's a lot of seams and until I can get the edges staystitched and a border added, I don't want it to fray apart too much. 

I do like how well all the colors ended up playing nicely together. I started with such a random pile of strips that it could have been a mess. The black and white connectors definitely help. My husband really likes this, which surprised me that he would go for something so wildly colorful, but he spontaneously admired it hanging on the door. It's so not his usual color palette! 

It's destined to be a donation quilt. Fun to make, to enjoy the experience of figuring out what to do with the big baggie of strips, and just mindless sewing. It's very satisfying to see it come together into a whole that's better than the sum of its parts. 


9 comments:

  1. I think it looks great; I'm glad you paused to think about the best way to proceed and I think a border will finish it out nicely.

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  2. I like your addition of the black and white squares.

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  3. I like it a lot... and now have ideas for what to do with my own over-filled bag of strips!

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  4. What a great way to deal with a random stack of fabric strips!! The addition of those black and white separator squares really brought them into a cohesive quilt top. LOVE it and hope to make one (sort of) just like it using my own stack of strips!! :o))

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  5. Wonderful!! Looking forward to the border you choose (and it could even be black and white since your connectors are).

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  6. I like this a lot; have never sewed a jelly roll race but am planning one this year..
    hugs, Julierose.

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  7. Who couldn't like such cheerful colors? Great idea to use up strips.

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  8. Isn't it funny what will catch the eye of our husbands? I never know which piece mine will like. Glad you were able to get the proportions to work out. The flimsy looks great :)

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  9. Love this - so much to keep the eye entertained!

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