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I made a baby quilt for a friend of mine who is having a boy. I just used my blues and boy themed fabric. I love making a quilt with this method. I bought three yards for the back so it was all the same and used the same for the front sashing and binding. The pillowcases are for the grandkids in North Dakota for Valentines Day. As always, click on the photos to enlarge them.
I have been sewing my scrap fabrics to phone book pages. I tear out a bunch of pages and then using the straight side of the page cut the pages six inches by the length of the page, ten or so at a time. I had almost a hundred of these pages which turn out to be about 6 x 10.75. While watching TV, I tear off the paper on the back once I get a bunch sewn. I want to make a lap/throw quilt with them, so I tried the table runner first to see if I liked the method = quilt as you go (QAYG) first. So this is my result. I loved it better after I washed it. It is amazing how all the scraps just float in the center. I used a gray kona cotton on the sashing and borders.
This is about as Halloween as I get. So now I know how it works and want to go on and make a lap quilt. Quite easy. I used the method in "Mile-A-Minute Quilts" by Sharon Hultgren.
