Improv Quilting: Adventures with Scraps!
I've been sewing my first button down shirt, and to do that I made a muslin mock up. Now that my shirt is 80% of the way done, I've been thinking of all the fun things I can do with the muslin fabric from the mock up. I definitely want to use all of it up. While it wasn't expensive, it is fully functional and therefore I don't want to waste it. Also, on a personal note I want to try and be low waste when possible, and recycle what I can. I took the muslin mock up scraps and black scraps from Riley's quilt and decided to try improv quilting to make a dish towel. The only rule I set for myself was no seam ripping. Whatever I sewed, I just went with it. I sewed the pieces together pretty randomly, just trying to maintain an interesting balance of black and white. If there was a lot of extra fabric on a seam, I sometimes left it because I don't need to worry about bulk for a simple dish towel. After piecing everything together, I quilted the top, trying to get clos...