This summer I have been trying to really use the fabrics in my stash and scrap bins. From bee and guild blocks all the way to baby quilts. It’s refreshing to go back and see the fabrics used in different combinations.
I had a request for a pink and green baby quilt, possibly with bass guitars. The pink and green fabrics were no problem. The bass guitars were going to be a challenge. Here are some of the charms I pulled from my scrap bins.
I wanted something that looked scrappy but not disorganized. So I did a random placement with white charm squares. As I laid out the quilt I realized it needed something else. I mixed in a few light blue charms too. I think it worked well.
With a quick pin paste it was ready for the machine. I put 1 pin in each square.
I found music note fabric at Jo-Anns. It worked great, plus I found a pink guitar patch to add the name on the back. The pieced scrappy back and pieced binding lined up perfectly at the bottom. Yep, I’m pretty proud that it happened naturally and that it worked.
The straight pink line quilting is a nice compliment to the front.
I foresee a few more quilts like this to help bust through my scraps this fall. What do you think?