Found Fabric Treasure - Accuquilt Go Scrappy Lap Quilt

When life throws you scraps, make a quilt. 

Hey friends,

While purging my fabric stash ala Marie Kondo recently, I happened upon some gorgeous yummy  fabric that really "sparked joy" for me.  I was delighted to discover I had already cut it into 8-inch strips for a rag quilt I had planned to make a few years ago.  My Accuquilt Go Big makes it easy to cut accurate  blocks,  so I had all my quilt pieces done in no time.

I didn't want to do anything really fancy here. I thought the fabric designs were so pretty and detailed, they could speak for themselves without much piecing.  My 6-inch blocks, 2-inch sashing, and 2-inch corner stones came together very quickly and I found some pretty striped lavender fabric in my stash for my signature striped binding.  I used white Kona cotton for my sashing and backing.  The finished measurements  are about 50" x 66," a generous lap quilt size. 

This was my first experience at "quilting by credit card" and my new found  quilter is going to be one of my favorite friends, for sure! She did beautiful edge to edge quilting with a hand guided long arm machine and I love the way it turned out.   I picked a pretty flower pattern that  gives  my quilt beautiful texture and softness.  I'm definitely going to do this again when I have a large, unwieldy quilt...or when I'm just lazy and pressed for time.  It's totally worth it! 

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create something fabulous.

Nancy