Scraptastic Tuesday!!!

Have y'all heard about this new linkup?  It's being hosted over at She Can Quilt and Mrs. Sew and Sow.  They have started sharing how they use their scraps and tips on scrap storage.  It's been fun watching and today is the first day of the new linkup!!!  Y'all have to check out these blogs.  They are a lot of fun with great ideas for using up those scraps.

Today, I wanted to share one of my scrap quilts.  I finished it and blogged about it here.  It's called the Scrap Jar Star. 

I love this quilt!  The tutorial was done up by A Little Bit Biased (now known as Gigi's Thimle).  The pattern uses your scrap 2" squares and calls for making half square triangles with 4-1/4" squares, however, I used my 3-1/2" strips and the Easy Angle Ruler.  If you've never used this ruler before, what you need to know is that it is great for scrap piecing.  If you want your HST's to measure 3-1/2", then you use a 3-1/2" strip.  Makes it much easier to figure sizes and use up the smaller strips.

I love the way the corner squares make up another design element when put side by side. 

That's my daughter, Cassidy, forced into child labor in helping mom photograph the quilts.  Couldn't resist adding that one in!!!  

Now y'all go on over and check out this new linkup party and show everyone what you're working on with those fabulous scraps!!!

 

Linking up with Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday too!

Around the World Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to A Quilting Chick!  I was tagged in this fun blog hop by Erin over at Sew at Home Mummy (*waves* Hi Erin!).  Have y'all been following along on this one?  It has been so much fun to explore and meet so many new people and find so many new blogs!  So without further ado, let me tell you a bit about me!

I'm a single mom of three wonderful, almost fully grown children, the last of which hits 18 this week (how is that even possible???).  Quilting is my stress reliever which I'm sure many of you understand.  My kids get this and whenever I'm starting to flip out, they pour me a glass of sweet tea, and point me to my sewing machine.  Awesome kids, right?

I just finished up my Deep in the Heart of Texas Roadtrip QAL.  Here's a pic of the finished top...

 

Love that one!  And a few closeups of it...

I would say that my style is more traditional with a modern twist.  I much prefer the more traditional block, put together in a new, fun way or with some awesome modern fabric.  I love scrap quilts like this one...

This is my version of the Scrap Jar Star quilt.  To me, a scrap quilt doesn't have to look like a scrap quilt.  I pulled all of these fabrics form the scrap pile, but making sure they were from the same color family really made this one gorgeous.

I help test patterns for Persimmon Quilts who writes mysteries to help benefit the Quilt of Valor program.  Here is one I recently finished up testing...

I just finished up testing another for her and should be able to share a finish soon.  I love sampler quilts.  But again, I like to put my own twist on them, like on this one...

I combined the sampler blocks with a star block to make my one unique setting for the sampler.  One of my absolute favorites (click on the picture for details!).

Traditional doesn't have to mean boring and modern doesn't have to be, "out there!"  Take the elements of both, the ones you love, and make them your own!

I can't wait to see meet more people as we follow along on this blog hop!  I'm tagging:

Melissa - Tension Issues (she uses sewing to relax too!)

Sabrina - Sabie Sews (Love!  Awesome fabrics and tutes!)  and...

Anna - Mod Quilt Girl  (Another Texas Gal!)

Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts:

Flimsy Finish Friday!!

I decided that this was the year of UFO's and scrap bustin'.  So far, I think this is my favorite scrap quilt so far!

This is my Scrap Jar Stars Quilt.  The pattern was posted by A Little Bit Biased a while back.

I've really been working on using some of the tons of scraps I've accumulated.  This quilt, although COMPLETELY from my scraps, barely made a dent.  My daughter was helping me get these pics.  Doesn't she look thrilled?  Lol...definitely hit the teenage years here.

Looking forward to sharing more scrap quilts with y'all!!

Cathy

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Val's Quilting Studio for Tuesday Archives.