recycled quilt

            I love wearing scarf's - I am fat and my core stays pretty warm under a light coat and if I add a scarf .. Im a perfect temperature. Here are some pics - all text is for the pic under it - This one is some strips of yellow and pink with batting - All of those smaller pieces are pieced - and are leftover from a scrap border I made. This one is like a quilt - pieced with no raw edges - This one is applique - But also built like a quilt - front/back + batting and binding - This one is some flip and sew and some raw edge applique - joined inside out like a pillow - Just a few more ways to use up scraps.

I love to wear scarves. I like them to be big and bright and have enough firmness in them to be able to stand up around my nose when its really cold - just put some batting or other recycled fabric inside -it will be enough to make it have body. It had been really cold around here - and I wonder how people feel about those little flimsy things they have wrapped around their necks ... they are woven so thin they are see through. I need a quilt around my neck. My scarves are made just like quilts - pieced and then quilted with batting - then a binding. Perfect!! Happy Freezing weather!

the drag queen quilter is not big on rules.  (tonight spell check is not working.) here is my take on making a crazy looking quilt block without measuring or cutting blocks or being anal at all. step 1. pull out some of your crap fabric scraps. get your iron going, close to you if you can. fold a square piece of fabric in half and then half again - iron the piece - open it and poof! use those iron lines to cut out 4 squares. (see my squares, iron and scraps?) step 2 pick out color and sew it right side down, if you want to center your block - sew the seam in the center.. but who cares where it is at. blocks look best messy. step 3 flip the piece over with your iron and iron it flat. step 4 pick put the next color, place it on the unsewn side of the first fabric (right sides together) and sew a seam. Take the block back to the iron and flip the new piece over and iron - repeat repeat repeat in circular motions or however you want until you finish your bloc...

i love warm scarves! i wear them whenever i can get away with it - they are warm! im pretty sweaty so i cant wear them all the time. dont be afraid to cut up a tee shirt and make an applique scarf!