Friday, April 5, 2013

The "Book" Quilt - Step 1

In early March, I wrote this post about my latest and greatest quilt plan.  Although the inspiration quilt was designed to resemble the bass line on an equalizer, I naturally, saw it as bookshelves.
Quilt by Sarah @ The Last Piece
All I need now are 300+ 2 1/2" strips of assorted  fabrics. I have enough fabric on hand to accomplish that, but I think this project calls for as much variety as possible, so I asked some of my Farmgirl Sisters if they would swap scraps with me.  Four generous ladies responded, so I spent last evening sorting through my stash (which is really just a stash-let, compared to some of you big-time quilters) for pieces to cut into strips and pieces to share.  Here's what I have so far:
It's going to be a wild bookshelf!
Packages of my leftovers will soon be winging their way to Sisters in North Dakota, Maine and I forget where else, while mini-treasure chests of their leftovers are headed to Nebraska.  I can't wait! (Can you wait?  Ask my nephew, Todd - it's an inside joke.)

4 comments:

  1. That is really interesting. It's going to be an awesome quilt for sure!

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  2. Oh, I'm seeing bookshelves too - this is fantastic!

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  3. How exciting Tami! And fun swapping fabric!

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  4. Can't wait to see this finished project! Thanks so much sis for coming this weekend and giving me my first taste of quilting. It was tons of fun!! What a treat to have you here for a couple of days! Looking forward to next time! More quilting! Coffee! Walks! Talks! Love ya!

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