On Sunday I took 9 "sawdust blocks" that I put together in April and I turned them into a mini for the Modern Mini Challenge. In fact, the mini is actually a pillow cover, measuring about 18" by 18". So what are sawdust blocks? They are in fact, little 3.5" foundation pieced blocks using up a bunch of little tiny scraps that I cannot bear to toss out. My husband calls these little scraps sawdust so these are sawdust blocks. Why ash? Because they blocks are offset by Kona Ash. I like it! I quilted the mini with a grey variegated Aurifil 50 wt, straight lines, lots of straight lines.
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Linking up with Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts for the
Modern Mini Challenge and with Amanda Jean for
Finish it Up Friday.
I LOVE it, I WANT it!!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this - great job!! Beautiful colors!
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy, creative quilt. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant use of small pieces of fabric!
ReplyDeleteI am currently making a yoyo quilt and have a huge plastic bin of "sawdust"...couldn't bear to toss them. Now I know what I'm going to do with them...I'm going to make up blocks (into maybe mug rugs?) and give them to all those people who donated fabric towards my project! Thanks for sharing this project!
ReplyDeleteDid you paper piece them or just randomly sew them to fit??
ReplyDeleteLove the play on words! And, your Kona Ash works great with your mini blocks. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThis turned out wonderful! And like you, scraps are so hard to turn loose. A++++ love the colors with the 'ash' and your quilting! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! Great use of those tiny scraps :)
ReplyDeletelove the bright colours against the calm grey. Really pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely use of sawdust! Now I know why I've been throwing smaller and smaller pieces in a shoe box. The Kona Ash sets the blocks off brilliantly, too.
ReplyDeleteOooh super cool, I love your sawdust!
ReplyDeleteReally nice! I enjoy that kind of quilting a lot, straight lines that intersect in a few places. Not that I do it all that often, but I like to see it!
ReplyDeleteOoh! That's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCarol
This is really inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteThis is really inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteI love this - the bright colours and the wonkiness - brilliant!
ReplyDeletelove this mini! sawdust blocks- that's such a perfect name for them. I have so many little bits that I can't bear to throw away too!
ReplyDelete-Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
It doesn't matter how many times you use the term "sawdust" in reference to fabric, I still chuckle every time…
ReplyDeleteLooks great - lovely mini!
I love, love, love this!!! I always hate throwing away those little scraps and now you make me see why. 'Cause I could have been using them to make sawdust blocks!!
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