I cleaned my sewing room over the holidays and found a few orphan blocks I wasn't quite sure what to do with. Then I remembered reading a post by Paige who blogs at Quilted Blooms - she had made a really cute fabric basket with a leftover practice piece.
I found her blog post, downloaded the pattern and got to work.
Within just an afternoon of quilting and sewing, I had three super cute fabric baskets.
The blocks weren't super big so I ended up using two for each basket. I made the cuffs with scraps and used two different fat quarters for the linings.
I took the opportunity to practice my FMQ skills and quilted each basket differently.
One with flowers...
One with paisleys and pebbles...
And the last one with swirls and pebbles...
I'm not really sure what I'm going to use these for, but they are adorable on my cutting table!
Linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday and at Anja Quilts for TGIFF.
I found her blog post, downloaded the pattern and got to work.
Within just an afternoon of quilting and sewing, I had three super cute fabric baskets.
The blocks weren't super big so I ended up using two for each basket. I made the cuffs with scraps and used two different fat quarters for the linings.
I took the opportunity to practice my FMQ skills and quilted each basket differently.
One with flowers...
One with paisleys and pebbles...
And the last one with swirls and pebbles...
I'm not really sure what I'm going to use these for, but they are adorable on my cutting table!
Linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday and at Anja Quilts for TGIFF.
This is such a great way to use orphan blocks! So cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute and I like the colors you choose. Good idea to practice your quilting differently on each one. Nice use of orphan blocks.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful baskets - what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThese are super cute, Izzy! And I love that it makes use of orphan blocks - we all need projects for those ;)
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing Paige's post. These are great baskets. Great use of leftover blocks.
ReplyDeleteLooking good and pretty useful too!
ReplyDeleteI made 5 of these baskets for my Knit Group for Christmas. They loved them! I only used a single fabric for the exterior of most of mine. Yours are SEW much cuter!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, yours turned out so pretty! Your quilting is beautiful too!
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