Fussy Cut - Project Quilting challenge 12.2

This week’s Project Quilting theme was Fussy Cut, which means to cut your fabric in a way that features a particular motif or design of that fabric. 

I did a lot of baking this past holiday season and each time I’d emerge from the kitchen coated in flour, I’d tell myself I really need an apron. So when I came across this fabric while searching through my stash looking for something that lends itself to fussy cutting, I knew what had to be done. 

The waistband was made by fussy cutting each square of the various veggies and sewing them into an appropriately sized strip. Then the remaining veggies were ultra fussy cut to create the appliqué along the hem.
 

My sis-in-law unknowingly helped me name this when she made the comment:

Everything's Better with Garlic

I create in Casa Grande, 

Arizona

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Project Quilting - Fussy Cut
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Illuminating + Ultimate Gray - Project Quilting challenge 12.1

 I'm thinking about calling myself the Maven of Mug Rugs when it comes to Project Quilting challenges.  That seems to be my go-to item for the last couple of seasons.  And this week, the first in Season 12 of Project Quilting, is no different.

Our challenge was to be inspired by Pantone's Colors of the Year 2021, Illuminating and Ultimate Gray.  The only rule is the quilt must be predominantly yellow and gray.  

While searching my stash of fabrics for yellows and grays, I came across some squares left over from a charm pack of Malka Dubrawsky fabrics for Moda.  Many of which were gray and yellow with a bit of white thrown in.  Perfect!

My time, and my supply of charm squares was limited so I knew I'd be making yet another mug rug.  But other than that, I didn't have a plan.  I just started sewing the squares together to make half square triangles.  I laid those out into a diamond setting and mug rug number one came together quickly.  I liked it, but didn't love it.  

I still had half square triangle blocks left.  So I put those together to create quarter square (hourglass) blocks.  Trying to lay those out into some sort of pattern proved to be much more difficult than I anticipated.  So for the first time in my quilting life, I actually allowed myself to sew the blocks together completely at random!  And turns out I love it!

Malka Mug Rugs

Size: approximately 5.5" x 8" and 6" x 9"

I create in Casa Grande, 

Arizona

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Project Quilting - Illuminating + Ultimate Gray
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