"Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds."
- O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi"
At guild meeting Saturday Rosa gave me a humongous bag of scraps - I was scrap happy! I couldn't wait to dig into the bag, there's some wonderful stuff in there! Isn't that the cutest little toady-frog?
I pieced a 4" rooftop, scrap, then I cut another piece roughly 4 x 6 to make the body of the house. Does the measurement have to be exactly exact? Nope, we're only doodling!
To make a door for my little masterpiece, I cut off a 1-1/2 x 6" slice, then cut the bottom part just slightly off center to insert a door. It can be left or right of center, or even IN the center, doesn't matter - here a doodle, there a doodle!
To make the door, cut a 1-1/2 x 3" or so piece of contrasting fabric. Insert it between the two bottom pieces, reattach that 1-1/2 x 6" strip you sliced off. Before attaching the body to the roof I trimmed only the bottom of the roof unit, NOT the sides.
Then attach the roof to the house, trim around all sides, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance.
Voila, houses!
These little houses can be used as a border treatment... or I can add a piece of background at the TOP, and/or make the house part taller to make them different heights. Who knows where we'll go from here... I just know I love playing with scraps!
That's it for now, I plan to stay in today and sew sew sew! I have a challenge I'm working on for my guild and Christmas gifts for my bee. Have a great Monday - sew forth and sew on!
I need to go through my bins and re-organize my scraps. I had a system set up, but it's not working well. Need to re-think it.
ReplyDeleteI love your idea for the house roof, I don't have EQ but could easily do the same thing, also think it would make a great border design
ReplyDeleteI go totally dancing giggly when someone hands me a bag of their scraps. I have several that were given me by members at our guild X-mas party - I am resisting looking at them til after Christmas (or I won't stop).
ReplyDeleteHow abut show the pile of scraps? I know I wpuld enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI love scraps quilts and yes,I`d love to see your pile of scraps.Merry Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteHow true! One quilter's scraps is another quilter's quilt!
ReplyDeleteLOL.. I so agree, another person's scraps are a joy to me also.
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