Scrappy Happy Time - Finish

Thank you Maureen Cracknell for your QAYG Scrappy Herringbone quilt tute!!! HERE. I saw it at the end of September when she posted it on her blog and I knew I had to give it a try. My scrap boxes were overflowing. 

"Happy Scrappy Time" QAYG quilt

56 1/2" x 61 1/2"

-miscellaneous scrap strings including scraps from cut off backings

-various cotton batting leftovers that I cut down to approx 7 1/2" x 64"

-several leftover pieces of binding scraps were sewn together to use up

-many misc. odd colored bobbins were emptied while piecing the strings 

-on each strip I did straight top-stitching, a feather stitch and a cross-hatch

(Those turned out so great I wish I would have used several colors and done more of the decorative stitching.)

Since it was bigger than I thought when done I used these two beloved green prints. They seemed to work well with all the scrap strings.

 I used an orphan block I had hanging around in my sewing room. It was an improv spool but with the extra strings on it,it could be a hour glass time piece.

Simple straight line quilting down the rows to hold it together. 

This quilt is heavy. I feel like I lightened my quilty scrap load with this one. :)

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts HERE