Sandwiching Quilt Tops

Yesterday was full of surprises in my quilt room!  I went to my batting bin  with the intent of preparing Stars for a New Day for quilting...I was suprised to discover that I'm all out of  fresh batting - those still new and wrapped in their package.  So instead I had to rummage through the leftovers and strips cut from other quilts.  So I started to lay out batting bits, and finding tops to fit the bits.  Looking for quilt tops to fit the batting I could make, I found tops I had forgotten all about!  They never made it to my "list of tops to quilt".  What a nice suprise.

To make a new piece of batting, I lay out pieces that will then make up a size appropriate for the top.  Let's say I have two strips.  I layer one strip on top of another, and with scissors I cut a clean edge along both strips at once.  Then, its easy for them to butt together and use a zig zag stitch  to make a permanent join.

[caption id="attachment_1091" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cherry Berry Album blocks, machine applique, approx 36"x36" This will be great in my daughter's room, she's hardly ever home now and hasn't even unpacked in the new house![/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1093" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A variation of Meadow Breeze, by Pat Soan. Wool applique. Approx. 42 x 42[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1092" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dresden wall hanging, (or table topper?) 24 " 24"[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1096" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The pattern is "From the Heart" by Lori Smith, using Farmer's Wife blocks,
machine applique, 60" x 78"[/caption]

 

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[caption id="attachment_1094" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Twelve of Eleven, 42" x 42". I'm hoping that my new grandbaby will be a girl - I think I'd love for her to have this quilt![/caption]