Tag Archives: scrap block

Just Cut the Points Off

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Jim Gatling

Someone gave me old star blocks. They all had “Y” seams that I can’t do on a machine and I won’t do by hand. So, I studied them all long enough to say to myself, “Just cut the points off.”  … Continue reading →

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Back Door Quilted Banner

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Jim Gatling

Friends give me leftover blocks and scraps. I had some bright-colored  star blocks and some light blue log cabin blocks I decided to make a wall hanging for my back door. I finished the unfinished star blocks and sewed them … Continue reading →

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My New Unique Almost All Original Flower and Animal Quilt

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Jim Gatling

I had been given 3 bags of scraps from Riley at AQG in Little Rock. I sorted it and decided to bag it in groups. I found a picture and pattern from June in Fayetteville and decided to make the … Continue reading →

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Quilt from Retreat Trash Thrown Away

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Jim Gatling

Renee at our Camp Mitchell retreat threw away some scrap. When I saw her put them in  the scrap trash bowl, I snuck them out and made this quilt top. When I got home it took me 12 hours to … Continue reading →

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Me and the Q.U.I.I.T of Northwest Arkansas – October Meeting

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Jim Gatling

I did the lecture for the at Q.U.I.L.T. of Northwest Arkansas for their October meeting. I did the lecture on my 70 plus scrap quilts and I took bunches to show. We did it fast and furious. They got to … Continue reading →

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Saline County Quilters Guild – June 2014 – Meeting Part 1

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Jim Gatling

The Saline County Quilters Guild asked me to do their June  program. I went early Monday afternoon and met my good friend Brenda Wall at Blue Suede Shoes Antique Mall. We shopped and then went to Dixie Cafe to eat … Continue reading →

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Kathy Jone’s Unuseable Scraps Make Cute Wall Hanging

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Jim Gatling

It amazes me what people throw away!  Kathy Jones is a quilt friend that has given me lots of scraps that I have used in a few quilts. When we were at AWOL she was trimming up some blocks. The unuseable leftovers had … Continue reading →

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Scrap Quilt Top # 45 – Not My Favorite One

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jim Gatling

SCRAP QUILT TOP # 45 – After I showed the 44 scrap quilt tops at the Arkansas Quilters Guild October meeting, I had to clean up the house for Geannine and her friends to come and sew, and I have had company. So, … Continue reading →

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