Scrappy Quilt

My Scrappy Quilt is not a brand new quilt, in fact I made it quite a few years ago in the beginning of my quilting journey. I’ve always loved this quilt because of the fabric. For some reason the design and colors have always spoken to my heart. So you may wonder, why do I have a blog post about this old quilt? Well, except for some general wear and tear, our dog got hold of it when he was a puppy. And I’ve always felt like I didn’t do a great job with the quilting. So I decided to take the three layers of the quilt apart, something I’ve never done with a finished quilt. You might think I’m crazy and maybe I am a little!

I started by taking all the quilting stitches out, that is the stitching through all three layers. Next came the binding. Once I had the three layers separate (which took me some time!), I needed to clean up the wrong side of the top. It had a lot of loose threads and some of the seams needed mending.

Since Rufus, our dog, decided the quilt looked like a chew toy, I needed to fix the batting and the backing of the quilt. I fixed the batting by piecing in a small piece of batting and mended the back. I didn’t have any extra backing fabric left, but I did have a few pieces of the fabric I used for the top left. What a relief!

I added more fabric to the top and side of the backing so that it would be big enough once I started quilting the layers. Again, I used some of the fabric I had left.
 
Once I was ready to quilt, I stenciled a Baptist Fan design onto the quilt and quilted the design on my machine, with a two inch distance between quilting lines. I think this is officially my new favorite quilting design. I absolutely love it! Since it is hard to see the stitching with all the color, look at the back.

For the binding, I was able to use the same binding from before. Even the binding is a scrappy!
 
All the fabrics I used for the top of the quilt are from the same line, called 1974 by Urban Chicks for Moda. I used a solid cream color for the backing which I got at my local fabric store. Unfortunately I don’t have the name of that anymore. For the top I used one jelly roll with a little leftover for the backing and binding.
 
If you’re wondering why I am mentioning a jelly roll in a quilting post, don’t worry, I am not confused! In the quilting world you can buy precut fabric in different shapes and sizes and they all have interesting names. Buying precuts can save you a lot of time. Here are just a few:
 
Honey bun - 1½” x width of fabric strips
Jelly roll - 2½” x width of fabric strips
Charm pack - 5” x 5” squares
Layer cake - 10” x 10” squares
Fat quarter - 18” x 22” rectangles
 
Dimensions: 64” x 51” (162cm x 129cm), throw size