Dear Dottie wall hanging

The wall hanging for my daughter is ready, just in time before cold weather is coming back. What started as a mini quilt wall hanging ended up a bit larger. Using scraps I have and different bits of fabric I added 8 little blocks and a border.

The quilt will cover the trap to the attic that is in her room and provide isolation.

Sewing curves was not new, making lots of curves with mini scraps was challenging. I decided to just jump in and not worry too much about the little blocks, the idea was to have a very scrappy look and practice. In the worst case scenario the blocks would end up as a filling for a window cushion.

I enjoyed making this. Am definitely making one more, no actually envision making many more as this is a perfect way to use up scraps and get a total WOW look.

Linking up with Patty's OMG for January at Elm Street Quilts.

OMG January - dear dottie

Last year I had ordered some rules including the ruler to make the drunkard's path ruler. In December several bloggers and IGs were hosting a QAL making the #deardottiequilt. I decided to join to try out my new ruler while waiting for my quilt to be long-arm quilted. The pattern used is from Rachel at Stitched in color. Her pattern uses a smaller version of the circle so I tried to make smaller units by cutting strips of the required size. The ruler is perfect for finishing up scraps of fabric, however as I had to make strips to ensure all units were the same small size, I needed larger scraps.

In December my small quilt was 4 x 4 blocks and a cute wall hanging for my daughter's room. It turned out a bit smaller then I had hoped for. No problem as this will be my perfect January OMG project hosted by Elm Street quilts.

I cut another 32 quarter-circle units, I still had plenty of background units and sew these together. I have now 32 sub-units waiting to be sewn in blocks and consequently in strips.

My aim for this month is to finish the 8 blocks, sew these to the small top already done, add a border and finish the quilt. The small deardottiequilt will be a wall-hanging covering the trap to the attic that is in my daughter's room and providing isolation at the same time.