Another Diagonal Scrap Quilt

After much intense mess-making and print fabric cutting, I completed 72 scrappy blocks to make this 65" X 74" Diagonal Scrap Quilt. This is the second time I've used this pattern to make a scrap quilt, though the other quilt is a different design. Anyway, I couldn't be happier with it! It's sure busy-busy.

It used-up 5.7 yards of print fabrics! Hooray!

The 75" X 77" backing I pieced Sunday afternoon used 3.8 yards of print fabrics. I'm really working through stash, and noticing a difference in the size of the stacks. 

What's been most challenging is coming up with pieces large enough to do anything with! Most of the prints in the cupboards are about this size. Maybe you would call these "scraps"? They're my "stash." 

I actually used both of these pictured pieces in the quilt back. Except for the odd edges I trimmed off and chucked into a canvas scrap bin, these prints are gone. 

I'm rapidly reaching the point where I'll be hard-pressed to find print chunks large enough for a planned quilt. That's what I've been aiming for, so I guess that's a good thing. 

It took more than an hour to press the Diagonal Scrap Quilt top. So many seams! Wanting them to be as flat as possible, I used this "Quilting & Crafting Spray." Boy, does it work well! It makes everything lay flat without stiffness or any starchy-like residue. And there's no scent.

I won a bundle of these Magic Fabric Care products about two years ago, in an Instagram giveaway, and have been happily working my way through all of them. The Quilting & Crafting Spray is something I will definitely be buying. I think I need the one-gallon refill, though I'd like to find it locally so I don't have to pay for shipping it. I'm cheap frugal like that. 

In knitting news, I completed this shawl-scarf following a YouTube tutorial by Alison Russell. It was knitted on my 41-peg round loom! I love it!

Using super-soft "Baby Bee" yarn from Hobby Lobby, it turned out nice and squishy, and will make a good gift. 

Also, I'm using yarn from the donation table at 

"Boomer Loomers" to round loom knit caps. This toddler cap used-up some sea-green colored yarn. 

Recently, Jen Carlton-Bailey @bettycrockerass - of Curvelet-making fame - tested scissors to determine which ones best make a clean clip at the tip, for clipping tiny Curvelet and Ovalet curves.

She endorsed these serrated snips made in two sizes (4" and 6") by Sohmo of Australia. Jen offers a 10% discount with the code SNIPANDSEW, so I bought the 6" size. I've yet to use them, but they sure feel nice in hand. 

I recently came across an Instagram post/reel by @karleeporterdesigns that itemizes the cost of making a king-sized quilt,

The "grand total" items Karlee talks about don't even allow for the maker's sewing room tools, and expertise. 

I've come to the disappointing conclusion that many quiltmakers undervalue their work. For a long time, I was one of them. Now if a quilt I make isn't given away, I'd rather keep it than underprice it. Linda