My Division Street Diamonds Quilt in Scraps Inc 2 + Giveaway

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ScrapsInc2 Cover shot

ScrapsInc2 Cover shot

all photos from the book were taken by Nydia Kehnle

Today I'm happy to share my quilt, Division Street Diamonds, named after a street in my neighborhood in our short Portland experiment. This quilt is in the new Lucky Spool book, Scraps Inc 2. Giveaway information, a discount, and links to more scrap quilts located at the end of the post! Edited to add: Giveaway is closed, the winner is Erin, comment #37. Thanks to everyone for entering and saying hi!There are some really fun scrap quilts in this book, made by talented quilters, and as you can see from the photo of my baby below, I am definitely not lacking in scraps! Side note: She loves to pull them all out of the bin, and she thinks I love to put them all back in. Ha!

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I think I need to make a quilt or two from the book, and I don't even think it would make a dent in my scraps. [Note: I have another bin full of solid scraps!] I have tried every known way to sort scraps.By size.By color.By size and color.In bins.In boxes.All over the floor. Just kidding. Sort of.In pull out drawers.Do you know what my favorite way to store scraps is? Put them all in a large wire basket (I bought mine at Target) and put it next to your sewing machine. You can see what is in there and you don't have to worry about sorting them immediately

Sewing Space

Sewing Space

You know what? I actually *use* my scraps when they stored are like this!

Division Street Diamonds uses scraps in 4 colors (plus a background). For me, limiting the palette of a scrap quilt helps the quilt feel more cohesive and less "I threw anything that was in my scrap bin on the design wall and this is what I came up with."

Division Street Diamonds 2

Division Street Diamonds 2

 And then I see some of the beautiful quilts in this book and think, maybe I should venture out with and expanded color palette, because the results are equally beautiful. I also love the quilting on this, which was done by local quilter Abby Latimer, kind of last minute, and I so appreciated her squeezing me in.   

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Twirligig by Alex Ledgerwood

Twirligig by Alex Ledgerwood

Scraps Inc2 Quilt Stash

Scraps Inc2 Quilt Stash

I really liked Northern Migration by Melissa Lunden (on the left) and Twirligig by Alex Ledgerwood, both found in the book. Small world--Melissa was my neighbor in Portland for a few months, and I really miss getting together with her and talking quilts and life and everything in between.Giveaway: Lucky Spool is offering a copy of Scraps Inc, Vol 2. Just leave me a comment telling me either your favorite scrap quilt color combination OR a tip for road tripping and/or camping with kids. We have an epic summer trip coming up and I need all of the help I can get.Discount: Lucky Spool is offering all of you a discount on Scraps, Inc Vol. 2! You can get 30% off list price with the code SCRAPS30.

Monday, February 8

Amy Smart, 

Diary of a Quilter

Nydia Kehnle, 

Nydia Kehnle Design + Photography

Tuesday, February 9

Amy Friend, 

During Quiet Time

Alexandra Ledgerwood, 

Teaginny Designs

Wednesday, February 10

April Rosenthal, 

April Rosenthal – The Blog

Dorie Schwarz, 

Tumbling Blocks

Thursday, February 11

Erin Harris, 

House on Hill Road

Janice Ryan, 

Better Off Thread

Friday, February 12

John Adams, 

Quilt Dad

Kari Vojtechovsky, 

Craft Happy

Saturday, February 13

Katie Blakesley, 

Swim Bike Quilt

Kati Spencer, 

From the Blue Chair

Sunday, February 14

Melissa Lunden, 

Lunden Designs

Allison Harris, 

Cluck Cluck Sew

Sherri McConnell, 

A Quilting Life