Work In Progress Quilt- First Scrap Quilt

It has been a while, don't worry I am not giving up on the blog... I was on vacation! BUT... I am back now with a lot to talk about, so here we go...

A lot of my quilts are very complex; there is a lot of planning that goes into one of them. With that in mind, I decided I needed a “mindless” quilt to make. This way when the baby is awake at 2am I can quilt without waking my brain up too much!

ALSO… I had been saying since I began quilting that I wanted to put together a quilt composed of the fabrics I had used in quilts I have made for others. This quilt will allow me to use these scraps and remember all the quilts I have made.

I choose the Monkey Wrench (MW) quilt block. I absolutely loved the Snail’s Trail I made for Ashleigh’s Turtle Quilt, and the MW is a version of that.

I also choose this block because my mother had taught me some tricks that made it turn out very neat and even.

So far it is going great! I love the fabrics I have been able to use. I am making 12 inch blocks and plan to use a black fabric as border for the quilt. I feel that each block needs to stand alone verses placing the blocks in a flowing pattern.

Here are the first 5 blocks! Enjoy!!!

UPDATE