Sunday, November 18, 2012

My solution to "not enough fabric"


In a previous post & also on Facebook, I asked my friends to see if anyone had some extra fabric I needed to finish a quilt. Many people checked & even looked in Lancaster for me, Thank you all! The  print was not found .  I went to plan "B". I thought,  If I was in a 3rd world country, I'd use every bit of the fabric I had, not just throw away the scraps. I dug in my "throw away" basket & found enough pieces to make it work. I had to make 5 of the 2 1/2" corner blocks. Yes, They were "franken-blocked" .It was around the same time as the Franken-storm, Sandy, was about to hit our NJ shore. The reason for the name Franken-block. I also thought, since it was for my mom who lived during the Depression, she would appreciate my frugleness.I showed it to her yesterday & she didn't even see the blocks at first.  Hoping to have the hand quilting finished for Christmas.

4 comments:

Barbara said...
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Barbara said...

I have been staring at this quilt, and I still can't find where it's a Franken Block. Of course this is now One of a Kind thus worth more! I'm not sure how often your "throw away" basket rescued me when we were working together, but it was often. It's great, Barb!

Barbara said...

OHHHHH, now I see it! Had to enlarge the photo to see where you pieced the scraps. Very tricky and resourceful!

Michelle said...

Wow...that is a great pattern! Great job making it work! :)