This is the before picture. When I'm working on a new project, it's not a pretty picture. I'm not one of those people who needs a pristene environment in which to create. A bit of chaos bothers me not at all.
Since I've been collecting vintage tablecloths and making with them for some time now, I have piles, if not mountains, of scraps. I had a whole day off from cookie making, so I decided to make use of said scraps, and make something. Something not for a show, not for an order, just because.
I started by rotary cutting a whole bunch of rectangles, 4 inches wide, in various lengths. I wanted to piece together a quilt top in a sort of random order, to showcase the pictorial images and beauty of the textile designs.
I pieced together the rectangles, end to end, until I had 45" (approximate) lengths. After I had a whole bunch of strips, I pieced those together, to make a big old square.
After a few hours of cutting, piecing, and pressing, my vintage textile, patchwork quilt top was complete.
I love it!
This is only about half of it. I pieced a lot more, to make it sqare-ish. Now to finish it. Not sure if I'll just back it with chenille fabric, or use batting too. Hmm. . . next cookie free day, I'll get 'er done.
