Up early, house picked up, bathroom clean, laundry done and the kid to school. A day off yesterday with rain showers and a sore throat…sounds like an excuse to sew to me.
Turns out never leaving my clean enough house and burning through the second season of Breaking Bad was the motivation I needed for sewing together a few hundred squares left over from Scrappy Sunshine.
I did add a few extra prints, but the rest were all leftovers. It certainly could have a better name, but it’s fitting.
I do love a charm quilt, no matter how simple they are, they live up to their name.
I plan on free motion quilting Leftovers with the same orange peel design I used on my Mom’s quilt and the cross quilt. My intension was to have a sample to compare to the cross quilt showing how value drives design.
Scrappy Sunshine has a quilt back too.
When Roan was a toddler he would crawl up onto my lap repeating, “I want to cuddle.” The saying has evolved into a question over the years.
My intension was to use Scrappy Sunshine in the summer, but I decided to go with flannel as usual for the back. If we continue to have the summers we have had here in the Pacific Northwest flannel shouldn’t be a problem.
Gah! That is an adorable story! The quilt back is awesome, too, but the story…! ^_^
Love your quilt! Fabulous! Bright! Happy! Perfect!
I love your leftover quilt ! It reminds of a tradition from glass blowing factories.. At the end of the day apprentices were allowed to take the leftover bits off the floor and make things out of it. They were usually all different colors mixed together – so they were called “End of the Day” pieces and were very colorful. You have an End of the Day quilt!
Love the name, might have to change it. Lucky since I still have 2.5″ and 6.5″ squares.
i’m jealous you have so much FMF in this! it’s really sweet.
my bro and sister in law just moved to ballard and she’s already been into the quilting loft more than once!
You have a Roan? I have a Roan too 🙂 And I love your leftovers quilt. I have been meaning to do one for ages but I was going to call it the Ugly Quilt because I plan to use absolutely everything I have, even the stuff that doesn’t go, ha ha! And your FMQing is incredible!
the can we cuddle is so so sweet!
very sweet quilt!
i just discovered breaking bad and i just love it!
What a happy quilt…… It really does remind you of sunshine.
Love all the colours, and the message on the back is fab
Sometimes, when you reheat leftover food from the day before, it tastes better than freshly cooked. That’s how I feel it is with this quilt, the “leftovers” make something really great…
Your heating register reminds me of those scannable icons on ads and stores these days for smart phones….
Love that back!
I just finished the second season of Breaking Bad last night while cutting out pieces for my next quilt. The leftover quilt is gorgeous. Such a great way to use leftovers without it looking like it. Awesome color scheme.
burned through the third season too.
I love it!! It’s a beautiful quilt and adorable story! Thanks for sharing! So pretty.
I love me a good charm quilt and your back made me smile.
Agree with all the wonderful comments. Charming. And I LOVE the back as well. I have heard so much about Breaking Bad. Will have to watch it.
Such a sweet quilt! I love the wording on the back, gotta love that precious snuggle time……
Very sweet and a good use of scraps.
My kid when he was little would say “can I sit in your cubbie?” That is the nook that you make when you sit on the sofa and bend your knees so your feet are touching the back of the sofa. Long live todderlisms!
i love the back!, i think i may have to borrow that one 😉
go for it!
I love how you worked the cuddle story into the back, what a sweet way to keep memories
How cute. I love the colors! It’s got a great vintage feel to it, and is so cute and spring-y.