I have already 5 or so Farmer's Wife block rejects that have been sent to sulk in my scrap pile ~ blocks not making it into the quilt because they're too small, off color palette, or just plain ugly. I really hate to waste hours of work though, and I've wondered what I'd do with them til now...
tada! I don't actually think I'm a genius or anything, I really truly needed some trivets. Ask my husband ~ he's the one who sets the table at dinner and he ends up piling placemats and dish towels in the middle of the table because it's all we have! (Ok, there is one trivet, but it's tucked away and he never remembers it.)
I do love when practical and pretty come together (in the case of this block it was 1/4" too small and only slightly off palette and just a little bit ugly). Makes a great trivet, right? I had the perfect length of binding and I used three layers of batting... hand quilted the thing... done in no time. I think I'll make three more.
Next up, call me crazy but something about block no. 16 'Calico Puzzle' was driving me nuts ~ so I ripped it apart, saving the strawberries, and gave it new life with a fresher combo of prints. I am so glad I did. Totally worth the effort...
See the block below with the yellow diamonds? It's block no. 18 'Century of Progress'. Took me hours to make. That was my first paper pieced block, but I don't love it and I won't be using it. Poor poor reject. ;)
I think it'll make a lovely trivet, though ;)
xo amy