all done :)

This was so much fun. I'm definatly going to make another one very soon. So in less than a week I have an empty fabric container and a new rug....
I also started another scrappy quilt as I work on my last 4 blocks of the pineapple blossom quilt. Should finish 2 tonight. And the second color of the Girl Scout quilt's pinwheels....

Do you hear that clapping??? That's hubby over all the fabric being used-lol.
Now I know there's more somewhere in the house.....but I need to finish my secret santa gift's binding and sew the label on it tonight so I can wash it and start packing the box tomorrow for Monday's mail.

But first the dinner dishes are calling me....sigh. Maybe I should make some coffee or take a nap and then make coffee- that sounds better to me *wink*

More Braiding :)

So this is the pile of strings I had to braid with today. What I did was cut a couple of 2 1/2" strips- a 10 1/2" square or 2 and then the 2" strips for braiding. Anything left over was a cut of strings for the next string quilt.

I am so loving this braiding that even the orange fabric from the monster is in it already and I've learned to make a herringbone type pattern which I would love to try again in 2 colors- but I'm not buying fabric just to make rugs- nope not happening. But all those long pieces from backings that I've quilted that I saved so I wasn't wasting fabric etc is finally getting used. Hey I'm down one whole bin already *clap! clap! clap!*





Tomorrow morning I will be sewing down the binding for my secret santa gifty. I got the binding on it this evening. And look for another bin and see what is no longer "loved" BUt Carole- thank you so much for a great idea :)

Wow What a stash buster

All I can say about this process is WOW!!!. I've been cutting strips all day and already I'm running out of 6 yards worth of fabric that was less than desirable than when I bought it! I was looking at the booklet that gave the directions and I couldn't understand why my rug was not looking like the pics in the booklet till it dawned on me....it's not rug weaving , it's rug braiding. And now it's going really quickly and using lots and lots of fabric. I managed to get one backing of 30 blocks pieced today :) and still quite the pile remains. Tomorrow I'll put my borders on the bonus hsts from the pineapple blossom quilt and baste that to be quilted. Yippee!!! I've been piecing pinwheel blocks also today we'll see how many more need to be made of the dark blue ones. But it was a great sewing day and hopefully tomorrow will be better.