I wrote a while back about scrap management. Short version, cut up your leftover fabrics into useful and commonly used shapes/sizes. The last tip in the post was about sewing together these common shapes/sizes as your leaders and enders. (Leaders and enders being pieces of fabric you put under the needle before your “real” pieces you’re about to sew, so you never cut the threads and are continuously sewing. It helps the threads not bird nest up.)
This quilt was pieced entirely as leaders and enders! Basically, while I worked on other quilts, I would sew together the pieces of these blocks before and after each set. It didn’t take very long to suddenly have enough blocks for a quilt top! And it didn’t feel like I’d even worked on them, since they were “in between” other work I was doing.
It did take me a bit to get around to making the “sandwich” and actually quilting it, but it’s done!
I’m really pleased with how it turned out!
Finished size: 48″ x 60″
Kathy Eager Creative 