Scrap Snap Quilt

Scrap Snap Quilt, 60" X 78"

I'd like to say that making the Scrap Snap quilt used up most of my scraps, but I can truthfully say only that the canvas scrap bins slide more easily into their cabinet slots. Ha, ha! Better. 

Thanks are owed to Kari, for the free Scrap Snap block instructions at www.quiltsforthemaking.blogspot.com. The layout for my blocks is my own.

This past week I quilted Scrap Snap, choosing to making easy spirals. If you've never tried spiral quilting with a walking foot, I recommend it as a way to quilt a large area quickly - well, at least faster than custom free motion domestic machine quilting. I wrote a blog post with tips about how to spiral quilt: 10 Tips for Spiral Quilting Success.

I spiral quilted my first quilt on my Bernina 440QE with a 7-1/2" harp. That size is doable, but since getting my Bernina 770QE with its 10" harp, it's somewhat easier. Mostly I need to be sure everything is off the quilting table surface because the "fluffy" quilt can easily knock things off.

Quilting Scrap Snap began with one offset spiral in the upper left section. In the photo above you can see I used the Bernina walking foot guide (on the left side of the foot) to quilt spirals one inch apart.

When the first spiral was finished, I moved to the lower right section to begin another spiral. That's variegated-color thread. 

I quilted with two different variegated colors of 40-weight YLI thread. All bobbin thread was Aurifil 50-weight silver, color #2615.

When the second spiral was completed, I added partial spirals to fill in the upper right and lower left sections. In this photo you can see where spirals touched one another. 

Each time a spiral "bumped into" a striped setting triangle, I stopped. 

Lastly, I used a ruler to quilt straight lines spaced to follow the striped fabric. Easy work.

Binding is checked fabric. I thought about using the same stripe as the setting triangles, but knew it would drive me crazy if the stripes didn't match. 

Even though it takes more time to piece a quilt back, I am always happy to use up fabrics for a scrappy backing, which seemed appropriate for this scrap quilt. 

I still love seeing a colorful quilt hanging in a Bismarck palm!

Scrap Snap Quilt, 60" X 78"

As many of you know from reading previous posts, I'm participating in Kristy Lea's upcoming "Create Collection" launch. Create is the name of her new fabric line by Riley Blake. Here's the list of quilters participating in making a project, and when to see them on Instagram. 

For those of us who blog, we'll also write a blog post on our assigned date. Tuesday, July 21 is when you'll see the small quilt I designed, and find details and free access to the pattern. I appreciate feedback from those of you who have expressed interest in seeing my project.

This post wouldn't be complete without a book review, but leave it to me to select a book that was the second in a series! No, I didn't read the first one. Sigh. Love's Every Whisper is in Naomi Rawlings' six-book Eagle Harbor series that takes place in the late 1800s along the coast of Lake Michigan. It's an age-old love story involving two kids who grew up in the same town, but from diverse economic backgrounds - Victoria's as the daughter of a wealthy shipping merchant, and Elijah's as the son of a fisherman-fur trader. After the death of his father in a lake storm, Elijah devotes himself to building a rescue boat and putting together a team of volunteers who are ready to assist a floundering boat. Of course, Elijah's long-time nemesis, is around to make life as challenging as possible, including wanting to make Victoria his wife.

This is what I call a "beach novel" - the sort that's pleasant reading while lying in the sand, or lounging at the pool.  Linda's score: 3.5/5.0 

Linda