Scrap Happy July
Kate’s parcel of scraps arrived and I couldn’t wait to get started
I was hoping to have this finished
but – well, you all know!
hexies are cut ready to stitch the right border
the dark, plain fabric was an odd shaped piece of cotton that I used to test the new summer indigo vat
and the vat is so strong I got dark blue with only 3 dips – yeah!
never having stitched hexies before I had to experiment before finding a way to finish the edges
the final 4 blue rows are Kate’s contribution
they worked perfectly – thank you Kate
hopefully I will have moved on by next month
oops! I forgot to add the list of other happy scrappers
Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at). If you’ve copied this list from previous posts, please use the one below as it’s the most up to date.
Kate, Gun, Titti, Heléne, Eva, Sue, Lynn, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy, Jill, Claire, Jan,
Moira, Sandra, Linda, Chris, Nancy, Alys, Kerry, Claire, Jean (me),
Joanne, Jon, Hayley, Dawn, Gwen, Connie, Bekki, Pauline,
Sue L, Sunny, Kjerstin and Vera
This is beautiful. Do you dye clothing or home furnishings too or just small pieces? Just being nosy.
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Lynn – I dye lots of yarn, (silk, wool, cotton) and use it to weave fabric for clothing/furnishings also old sheets etc. for rag weaving. Currently am doing some major shibori dyeing. Most of my dyeing is done in the summer so I can work outside.
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Beautiful! Love indigo! 🙂
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Bekki – thank you – I keep an outside vat going in the summer, that way I can make a mess and dye endlessly.
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I love those blues! How big is the piece – I can’t get a sense of scale from the picture and know you have done some tiny hexies and some bigger ones.
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Sue – it is 18″ square, not what I initially planned but so be it. I never started with the idea of making a quilt.
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18 inches is a perfect size for a cushion! Or a table mat!
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Sue – I’m thinking about it…!
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So glad I could contribute something to this very pretty hexie quilt 🙂 Thank you for letting me join in – and for helping to reduce my indigo scraps!
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Kate – thank you, always happy to reduce a stash – mine or from someone else. It is fun to add some energy from a far away place.
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you’d never know these fabrics weren’t chosen especially for your quilt ^^
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Claire – that is thanks to Kate as she sent pieces that she thought would be suitable – she has a good eye.
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Wonderful hexies. Can’t always have finishes- I don’t this month.
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Cathy – sometimes things that much longer than first planned for – and of course the garden needs weeding and the kitchen floor needs washing.
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Great effort Jean. I’m not nearly so advanced. Did you use a backing cloth or wadding?
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Jill – I will put some kind of backing on from the stash when I get the borders finished. No wadding, I’ll sew a hanging sleeve on the back.
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Jean, they are looking so good! Hooray for indigo!
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Kjerstin – I love indigo when the vat is working well.
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