In the Barker household, every single scrap of fabric is saved. A bag is available for filling in with tiny pieces, that will go into cushion stuffing. A kitchen bag is used to collect larger but unusable scraps, which I use to wipe Teflon pans with. And two other bags, boxes actually, which contain small pieces and arranged by dark or light hues.This charity quilt was made from these leftovers: the pinwheels for example were half-square triangles that came from piecing a border with corners snipped off. No color scheme was followed: only strips were made as I collected these from the boxes, sometimes randomly, sometimes grouping some similar hues.
The photo above is a detail from the finished strip-style quilt, and measures about 80 x 90 inches.
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