I did manage to do the final hand stitching on the 16" Patriotic Pinwheels pillow during the Super Bowl on Sunday. I'm very pleased with how these re-purposed scraps became a cheerful bright new pillow. It was slow going, but as long as I don't bump that sliced finger on anything, I can sew and type and do most things I need.
Now I still have a good sized pile of the triangles trimmings from the Quilt of Valor, even after using some in the pillow, and I just can't make myself throw them away. So what to do with them?
I used just a few to make the 4.5" pinwheels blocks that I used in the pillow. But I realized that I could also use them for hourglass blocks. These are 3.5" hourglass blocks. And they will make good leader/ender parts as I work on other things. I ran these through between sections of an orange Ohio Star block. I will just keep making these and collect them until I have enough for something - a doll quilt or a pillow or a table topper. There are lots more red, white, and blue scraps in the bins too.
2 comments:
Nice finish on your patriotic pillow--that'll be fun to display on the "4th". I am in love with hourglass blocks lately, too...hugs, Julierose
Love how you are able to use them up.
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