Something From Nothing

Here's my latest project. I took some scraps and made them into potholders for Charlene. This is a new quilt block called "Chimneys and Cornerstones". It is difficult to see the cornerstones because the two light fabrics are so similar. Lesson learned: get more contrast in the fabric if you want the pattern to show up.

Scraps

When my friends and I start a new quilt, we go to the guilt shop, buy yards of fabric at $10 a yard, take it home, cut it in little pieces, and then sew it together. That's not how our mothers and grandmother quilted. The fabric they purchased was for clothes for their families. When the sewing was done, they took the scraps and made them into beautiful but functional covers for their beds.
Today I went to my scrap tubs - fabric left over from other quilt projects - to find just the right material for some potholders. I enjoyed making something from "nothing", just like my mother.