Not being able to waste even the tiniest bits of fabric, I've been resolutely saving 1" strips for some time now and my basket is overflowing (there's also a second smaller one on the cutting table). While trimming remnants over the holidays I got to wondering if I would ever use them. Maybe I should just throw in the towel and start dealing with larger pieces because heaven knows, there's lots of fabric here to work with.
But then I saw some inspiration on Pinterest that had me rushing to make a few test blocks: framing a 2.5" square with 1" strips and then a 1.5" strip. It's a 5" block and just as cute as can be. LUV!
My inspiration had the narrow strip sewn like you would sew a
Courthouse Steps block with two short strips opposite each other and then the two longer strips opposite each other. All of the narrow strips were one colour, but mixing them up just seemed like much more fun. Double LUV!
I found myself wondering what it would look like if I just stayed within the same colour family and sewing the strips more like you would sew a
Log Cabin block, just circling that centre square. Just too much fun! Given that my strips are relatively short, this approach would give me much more flexibility because I wouldn't need to find enough for all four strips.
I wrote a quick reminder as to the lengths that I would need so that I wouldn't have to keep measuring every time.
This block was sewn the same way but it's hard to tell because I used a single print throughout. Nothing says that I couldn't make it a combo and use both styles because it would be scrappy anyway.
Of course the inevitable was going to happen. Any remnant shorter than 2.5" but longer than 1" was cut into a 1" square, maybe for tiny nine patches? Crazy, I know, but fun!...M
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