First Quilt top of 2015

I made a quilt back in March of last year and had some left overs that were very plentiful.  As they were balis I couldn't bear to toss them into the garbage so I put them aside in the to do something with some day pile and forgot about them.

Yesterday I was cleaning up that pile and deciding what would be my first WIP of the year and this one came to mind. It was a no brainer really as a quarter of the work as already done in the strip pieces. I just sewed them end to end to be a certain length and added a lovely soft blue grey solid and Voila! a quilt top is made.

not the greatest picture but you get what it looks like.

Next step to make the backing and cut the batting and get this ready to send off to Arlene the long armer.  I think this will make a lovely gift for someones posting out party.

What a Haul!

I was needing some material to finish the back of this quilt top. So I went on a little drive to my local

fabric store and not only did I find some zippers to finish another project I found a section of cotton bolts that were marked down to $4/meter.  Yup. FOUR DOLLARS a meter.

It was too good of a deal to pass up so I bought some of three different prints to add up to a total of 15 meters of fabric. Working from top to bottom, is Metro Living by Robert Kauffman, Clifford the Big Red Dog by Quilting Treasures and some Bali print. The red stripe will be perfect for the back of the quilt shown above. I don't have a project in mind for the other two but something show itself I'm sure and they will be used up.