Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Tidy Up Tuesday - QAYG Basket Edition

Welcome to another edition of Tidy Up Tuesday!!  It's been quite some time since the last one.  I barely have enough energy to do the laundry, cooking, and washing up, much less getting around to cleaning up my quilting space!  Little bits at a time really help.

I've been working on this storage solution off and on since January.  It's all Fiona's fault.  She posted THIS TUTORIAL and I resisted... for a grand total of SIX DAYS before digging in my batting and fabric scraps!!

I  thought that I posted several photos along the way. Unfortunately, the photos never made it onto the blog.  They are hiding in a DrEAMi post in my draft file.  I'm hoping to link up with MMM! Quilts at the end of the week.

Yesterday, I completed the fabric for a super-cute Quilt As You Go Fabric Basket...



... And trimmed it up:



The corners were cut out and I started sewing it together:




Until... I ran out of bobbin thread and called it a night!!!  :o((

Today, the basket is complete.  Here it is before binding...



And after...




As soon as I finished sewing the binding down, I loaded it up with all (or some?) of my Patriotic fabric scraps...



... And found a (possible) home for the basket:



This means that there is a stack of partial quilt blocks off my cutting table, a stack of fabric not cluttering my ironing board, and one less scrap bag in the pile beside my sewing chair.

Yeah, me!!

Until next time...
Quilt your sewing space!!!

3 comments:

  1. Well that Fiona has a lot to answer for!! Lol!! Your scrap box is beautiful! And really was a good distraction as it sounds you have tidied a bit anyway!!

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  2. Well, the DrEAMi! linkup is open until May 5 so you've got time! Cute basket of scraps, something I NEED to do; the scraps get used, but still multiply and I want them organized by colour.

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