Fragments #2 finished and more photos of Amish Quilts

Do you ever wake up in the morning with your creativity already flowing so much so that you just can't help but let it out?

This morning was one of those days for me. The rest of the family and our visiting guests were still fast asleep, I found myself in the studio, put some scraps together and finished Fragments #2

At first I had thought to wrap the back to the front for the binding. But that did not quite look right once the two sides were wrapped over. So I decided to make a scrappy binding for the quilt instead.

"Fragments" for AAQI 

The back

I got so excited to finish the quilt that I forgot about the fast finish triangles!!!
I guess this one will need rings or a sleeve on the back.

I like mini quilts that start out with a few scraps and a whole lot of satisfaction.

By the way, did you check out my previous post about the pictures of the Esprit Collection?

Here are few more photos from the collection for you to enjoy and get inspired.

National Corduroy Day!

It is finally here! 

The excitement has been building on for months! 

I think Nifty did a great job being the ringleader of this celebration. Wouldn't you agree?

I decided to make a small quilt and use up an old unfinished project. 

I am so glad I did!

Now the question is, how is it going to be used?

It is only 12 inches wide
 and
 a mile long!

 You would think as a table runner?

It is true to my style.

It is hand quilted with Perle cotton thread. My favorite! 

It is wonky!

It lays flat but it's 'organic' and 'fluid' just the way I like it!

I had so much fun taking pictures of this quilt.
K suggested I should take on a job of a window displayer ( is that a word?) 

In the hallway, with pillows from India!
K came home from school and asked, "Mom, are we getting a bit carried away? Who in the world lays pillows around in the hallway?"
She is right! I don't have those laying around on the floor.
Just today, for the pictures.

After few tries on where and how to use this long quilt, I found a perfect corner in the house!
Looks pretty artsy to me. It shows of it's curved binding very well.

This quilt got it's own special hanger.
It is made from a copper pipe wrapped with cotton rope. I tied extra rope at the end to make it look like a scroll.
All it look were two tiny holes at each end of the pipe to insert the hanger made of garden wire.
Pretty cool,  right?

And, since I have taken so many pictures, I might as well share them with you!

 I was not sure if there were any rules for this challenge so I took the liberty of using linen and used cotton dress for the zigzag. 

 I like to cut my binding 2 1/4" wide and for curvy edges I prefer bias binding. 

 Love how it snugs the edges. 

 Deb also talked about cutting up some long corduroyee food.. 

That gave me an idea!

If those project runway people can design cloths out of almost anything,  

Why can't I?

So here it is.

A quilt made out of corduroy food!

Few strips of zucchini, carrots and celery on my cutting board,

and it was delicious!

 Are you inspired?

Tasty leftovers

Flower Pot quilted and bound! 

I used an old Alexander Henry fabric for the flower motif. Yes, that is not appliqued!

The pot was a leftover patch from the Ferris Wheel Quilt.

Patched the background with Kona Black to 'match' the flower print.

Binding was made from the leftover scraps of

 

Magic Carpet

 

The Kite Festival

and

 

Crater Lake

Aren't the leftovers yummy?