Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Form/Motion Friday.
The other day I finished up with the scrap crazy blocks looking like this. Still looking a lot like quilt blocks even with the contrasting strips shaped like X’s in them.
Four blocks
I did like what I had but still wasn’t keen on having actual quilt blocks and since it is free form Friday I continued on with the experiment.
I sewed the 4 blocks into a row.
Sewn into a row
Then I cut that row up into 3 strips. All different widths.
Cut into 3 strips
Now what do I do with them now that they are cut up?
I laid them out on the blue fabric with about an inch in-between each strip and thought that looks okay.
Auditioning strips on blue fabric
Sewn together this is what I have.
Contrast strips between
My feeling was they looked a bit squished and not quite right so I added a strip of blue to each side. Now the scrap crazy strips look like they are floating within the blue contrasting fabric.
Floating in blue
They almost look like a stained glass window.
I’ve used up 4 blocks and half a fat quarter to get to this point with the experiment. Twenty-eight blocks and at least 1.5 metres of blue fabric left – hmmmmmmmmm – room for a lot more experimenting.
Happy Quilting!
