You may remember that I was working on this old WIP this weekend called "Love Drops".  I believe this kind of quilt is called a "confetti" quilt - it's made from the tiniest oddments of scraps - in this case, all red ones, leftover from Saucy Divo.



In it, there are bits of chenille, lame, cotton, cotton batik, silk taffetta, everything that I put in that first, very textural quilt (I keep meaning to make another); all pieced together with strips of leftover white fabric scraps (and finally, two different lengths of white yardage, because, if you should make one of these quilts, be warned, it uses a LOT of yardage).


I used some white minky for the borders (so sooofffffttttt - and don't mind the pic - the wind was blowing, making the borders wonky) and a double layer of batting for warmth and comfort, as this queen sized quilt is intended for winter use in a Northern climate!

(I can't show you the back because I finished it in the wee hours of the morning last night, and haven't clipped the threads yet, but you may remember the unfinished back from my WIP post,





I'd like to make another one of these, using multi-coloured confetti, and a different background - perhaps a shot cotton background, or other, highly textural cloth.



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This quilt was a bit of a pain - all those seams and doubled batting made it a bear to quilt on my little Singer (I really need to look into getting one of those frame systems for my larger quilts) and it ate needles like some kind of needle-eating monster (in the end I used leather needles!); but I love that it used up so many of my scrap and I'm pleased with the end result. 

I can cross one WIP off my list - I'm finally finished Love Drops!