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Title: Scrap Quilt
Post by: BrendaP on January 22, 2019, 11:32:47 AM

I've been working on my UFOs, one of which is a scrap quilt top measuring 42.5" x 66", not really big enough.
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I added a single row of light squares all around and decided that it still wasn't anything like long enough so I chopped it in half carefully unpicked and made a new middle section.  The unpicking took ages; the machine stitches were short and every cross seam had to be opened out and then restitched.
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It's now 90" x 45".  A good length but still a bit narrow.  I'm thinking that the most aesthetic way to add width will be another two rows of dark and one row of light squares down each side.  That would make it 90" x 66"
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Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Iminei on January 22, 2019, 11:38:49 AM

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I am, as ever, your most loyal subject Oh Goddess of Colour, Princess of Patchwork and Mathmagician of Maths

Amazing stuff, I thought it was only me that would hie into the middle of a quilt and pick out an offending block ... good to know!

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: BrendaP on January 22, 2019, 11:46:21 AM

Once the new bits were all sewn together I realised that two of the "lights" were really much too dark :devil:  So I made them lighter with washes of white acrylic paint.  They are both batiks; the spotty one just had thin washes of acrylic and now just looks lighter, the other fabric, also a batik, has a blotchy design and I tried blotchy white  which is OK in the grand scheme of scraps but doesn't look quite so good.

Bet you can't tell me which scraps have been lightened!
 

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Iminei on January 22, 2019, 12:08:38 PM

Give us a good pic of the finished quilt and I'll have a go .....  :devil:

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: maliw on January 22, 2019, 12:10:48 PM

Oooh I like that, amazing what you can do with scraps.

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Kenora on January 22, 2019, 14:01:43 PM

That's a fantastic creation - amazing really that it's made with scraps - and you have so much patience to unpick it all, but it'll definitely be worth it when it's finished. <3

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Sheilago on January 22, 2019, 16:54:34 PM

Ooh lovely, I adore scrappy quilts. Look forward to seeing the finished product.  :loveit:

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Pearl on January 22, 2019, 17:43:54 PM

Oooo, lovely.  I look forward to seeing it when it's finished.   :loveit:

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: BrendaP on February 20, 2019, 11:58:56 AM

Finished! 0_0  about a week ago but I've only just got around to taking the photos.

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Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: BrendaP on February 20, 2019, 12:07:42 PM

Bet you can't tell me which scraps have been lightened!

Quote from: Iminei on January 22, 2019, 12:08:38 PM

Give us a good pic of the finished quilt and I'll have a go .....  :devil:

Here's a close up with two patches that have been painted.  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Greybird on February 20, 2019, 12:25:14 PM

Beautiful!!

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Ploshkin on February 20, 2019, 12:32:11 PM

Fabulous - there's no other word for it.

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Lowena on February 20, 2019, 13:00:11 PM

That's lovely Brenda  <3

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: Iminei on February 20, 2019, 13:25:50 PM

Nope, I cant tell! Bravo Brenda ... How did you lighten them again?

Title: Re: Scrap Quilt
Post by: BrendaP on February 20, 2019, 20:09:09 PM

White acrylic paint!