When I started quilting the first fabric designer that I discovered was Denyse Schmidt. I fell in love with all of her fabric designs. I wanted to collect all of her lines of fabric and was afraid of using them. Then, one day I worked up the courage to use some of the fabric in a quilt and I fell even more in love with the fabric. I have made several quilts using DS fabrics and I treasure each and everyone of them. A few years ago I made a log cabin quilt using this fabric (you can see it here) and I had leftover from that quilt two orphan blocks and an handful of scraps. I wasn't sure what to make with it, but as you know every little scrap of fabric is precious; so I gave myself the challenge of making a small quilt. Well, I was able to create a good size lap quilt about 60X60 inches in size. I used a lot of negative space around the blocks, with is something I love doing. I quilted it with simple straight lines (my go to quilting pattern), and I used a soft flannel for the backing for added coziness.

I just love how this quilt turned out; and to think that it I wasn’t sure I could make anything from those leftover fabric scraps. Scraps are a magical thing.

Until next time

Martha