Three years ago I started a scrap quilt. I think I had this romantic notion that I would delight in going through my scraps and watch them disappear. Fast forward to the past few months. I finally dug this project out and began to cut more strips from the 4 color groups I had chosen. I sewed, sewed, and sewed some more. There was also much ironing and trimming. I wish I kept track of how many times I empties my little trash bag. I stopped counting at 12! Why so much sewing and trimming? They are 6 1/2 inch squares with 13 pieces in each square. It is a wacky log cabin, thus all the trimming. And I needed 99 of them! The squares are finally all complete, but they are packed away to take to a retreat this weekend where I plan to sew on the 240 sashing pieces! What amazes me most about this project is...my plastic containers with all my color sorted scraps are not at all visibly leaner than before I got busy with this project. And, at this point, I am left with 99 Blocks not on the Wall!
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