More Leftovers Strategies

So where to begin?  My quilts kind of run in styles. So I  store my leftovers by style too.  I have a blue and gold basket, batik basket, kids fabrics etc.  I recently tackled my “Amish” basket.

First thing I do is put all the players up on the design wall.

 I look for units that have similar sizes, geometry etc.  I start grouping these to see if I can make bigger units without any extra cutting or fiddling around.

After the first round of grouping I put these units back on the wall to see what emerges.  

It seemed like since I already had some long skinny units sewn together maybe organizing these into bars of varying widths would be an easy approach.

I rearranged them to see if that would work.  The whole thing looked like it was going to be to narrow for the length...

 So I deconstructed some leftover blocks to add two more vertical rows and some more width. Yes sometimes backstitching is easier than sewing more!

That seemed about right ,  I mixed up the deconstructedblocks into 2 bands so would not be so obvious.

 I sewed all the rest of the units and rows together.  a little trimming and it was done!

 I quilted this top really simply.  x's in all the black patches.

Finished and bound.

You can tell I don't sweat the little stuff.  If you do the color sorting and style first and you have sufficient number of units you can construct a top very quickly.  This was leftovers from at least 4 other quilts. Sometimes it takes awhile for a basket of leftovers to get big enough to inspire a quilt,  but once it's there it's pretty easy 'cause you've already done alot of the sewing.

Recognize this quilt?  It is my avitar.  cheers, CW