Free motion quilting

I am cutting out 12" squares to practice free hand quilting. This is some of the made fabric I ironed on for hours. The small pieces left over were cut into small lego strips

Almost all of this was scraps given to me over the years. It make a great, colorful fabric.

Strips, lego quilt

I'm not much of a pinner, but I have had to pin these strips to keep them straight. This may be a cheap quilt top, it might use up all my little scraps, but it is not a quick, carefree project.

I put them ontop of the basket as I am sewing them to keep them nice and wrinkle free. After all that ironing, I don't want anything put on top of it.

Making progress processing scraps

Here's some of my kaladiscope parts. I finished enough blocks. So I am now processing them into 1 1/2 " strips. I have been sewing them into longer strips.

Here's a big pile of 1 1/2" stips. I love the great variety of colors.

One big basket cleaned out. It did feel good. I cleaned out the smaller basket of this set, and it holds my five cans of starch. This big one is now cleaned out. I am making quilt backs ahead of time out of large scraps. I think I will store them in this large basket.