hello Monday!
today I thought I would return to my boy scout project and give you an update…
I knew I wanted to use this cool constellation neckerchief for the center…
one GREAT tip I received from my long-arm quilter was to use woven fusible interfacing for the neckerchiefs to give them more body…
oh my goodness, this was the BEST advice!
they lay so nicely and are a dream to work with!
since my brother-in-law wants this as large as I can, I will be adding borders of the Kona after each round…
here you can see that I have patches sewn together with a neckerchief at the end of the row…
I also began to experiment with using patches with the same size, but different backgrounds in each round…
I also decided to pull apart a sash with a red embroidered arrow and added it to one row…
I am looking forward to building on this…
I really think it is going to look pretty awesome once it is finished…don’t you??
and the fabric scrap giveaway for today…
spy something fun??
leave me a comment to enter…
I will announce a winner on Friday…
Happy Sewing!
Oh yes, this boy scout quilt will be fabulous. What a great way to display the badges and preserve the memories.
That is so nice to create such a sentimental project for your brother in law! I have lots of those patches and such from my son’s childhood. What a great idea!
Wow the scout quilt is really coming together great.
oh my goodness, i love how this quilt is building upon itself. you are doing a fantastic job. I look forward to seeing this come together. thanks for passing on the tip with the handkerchief.
Love the quilt! I’m really enjoying watching this process!
Your boy scout project looks great. I love the way you are including blue-backgrounds in the rounds with more neutral backgrounds. Really adds a spark!
Nice scraps–especially the red pluses and blue wisps. I’m feeling summery today. 🙂
Boyscout quilt looks great, make it big and wam. You will make your brother-in- law real happy.
I think your would tackle anything! It’s looking great! I always spy something fun in your scraps.
The scarves look amazing! Good advice from the long-armer as well. Those are the cutest pear scraps ever!! Happy Monday.
I see some blue scraps in the pile.
Your boy scout project is evolving just beautifully! Thanks for the opportunity to enter the giveaway.
Just LOVING the progression of this. Looks so great with the badges around the Neckerchief!
The Boy Scout piece looks great. Thanks for mentioning the using interfacing with kerchiefs. I sometimes pick them up when one catches my eye. I save my scraps and recently found such an excellent inspiration for piecing them into quilt blocks. the improvisation appeals to me. Thanks for blogging. I sure enjoy visiting here.
xx, Carol
All scraps are fun, especially when they are from someone else’s stash and not what you have previously used and perhaps are tired of looking at. I love when I go to a local guild quilt show and they have boxes of scraps for sale, so much fun to see what you can find and then so much fun to continue when you start using the odd shape scraps.
Love the constellation neckerchief for the center. So cool!