Adventuuuuure!

Sometimes.... I make myself laugh! But we'll get to that in a minute.

About a month ago I received a really important phone call which resulted in a very big sewing job - hooray!! The downside being that once I started this work, I would not really have any time for "personal" sewing. I was then on a mission to start and/or finish up any gifts, quilts and other projects which needed to be completed.

First on this list was a quilt for my new nephew Jack who will be christened next month. Usually when I start a gift like this, I will choose a pattern, pull a few saved pieces from my stash, and visit my local fabric stores to fill in the gaps. This time though I wanted to see what I could do using just the scraps from my stash. And I got a stash, believe you me!!!

So I pulled out some blues and whites, greens and yellows and reds (???) It was a pretty substantial pile, that's for sure! I wasn't quite sure about the red so I asked for a little help from my Flickr friends (who unanimously agreed to keep it in) After long deliberations, I came up with a pile that looked something like this.




Once I had my fabrics, I was on a search for a really great scrap pattern. I visited Bonnie's blog for some ideas. Bonnie makes some of the most AMAZING scrap quilts ever! I wasn't sure what I was looking for but her site is very inspirational for anyone who loves scrap quilts! WOW!

Anyway, after a very long search, I ended up choosing a pattern from a BHG American Patchwork & Quilting mag which I modified to crib size and VOILA...






A scrap quilt for Jack!


Every piece of this quilt -- including the batting AND the backing, came from my stash. I bought nothing! NADA! ZIP! And I'm pretty pleased with the result. Whadda ya think??


As for the giggles mentioned above, I laughed for a few reasons. First of all, Flapjack just makes me laugh! It is the creepiest, silliest cartoon I've ever seen and the kid is just so flippin' cute, he makes me smile. :)


Second of all, a few Sunday's ago Ed had strep and we had a major snow storm so I sat on the couch with my peeps to sew the binding on this guy. The kids were watching a The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack marathon on CartoonNetwork and so the quilt lovingly became known as "ScrapJack". John and I LAUGHED AND LAUGHED!!! It's a good thing my sister-in-law doesn't read my blog (I think??) cause I don't think she would like that very much.

And finally, what truly caused my little outburst of laughter at 445am....

... the quilt matches Flapjack's outfit.