Monday, November 10, 2025

Green scrap quilt - inserting skinny brown lines

I finally got back into doing some sewing, 4 weeks after my hip replacement surgery.  I had enough confidence to go up the stairs by myself and sew with my leg that has the new hip.

I still had a pile of green fabrics and scraps from the previous 2 quilts,  so I kept sewing the scraps and strips together.  This time, I decided to make 6-1/2" x 9-1/2" rectangles.  I started with a pile of strips cut at varying widths.


I sewed pieces together by adding them to the strips, then cutting them apart.


Until I had the sizes that I needed.  Each time that I trimmed, I got more small pieces, so I just kept going.


I had the idea to place them in rows that alternated direction.  And while I was placing them on the design wall, I got the idea to insert skinny strips that would be placed vertically in the rows.   Here is the start of the skinny strips inserting process.


I knew that the angle of the skinny strips would be different on the blocks.  I sketched the angle out on a piece of graph paper to see what angle I could live with.  On some of the blocks, I offset the start and end of the strip at 2-1/4" in from the edge.  And on the alternating row of blocks. I offset the start and end of the strip at 1-1/2" in from the edge.  Here are my graph paper sketches.


Here is how the block  was cut apart


Here is a progress picture of 5 rows of the skinny strips, showing the alternating angles.


I hope you like it so far!


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