Thanks for joining me for TGIFF (Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday). I am happy to be hosting and chose to finish a little pile of quilts for this post.
My friend Isabelle pieced an AMAZING quilt for the 2024 QuiltCon Fabric Challenge using all 1/8" finished strips. When I was teaching an improv workshop in the middle of 2024 using slice and insert with strip sets (photo below left) I asked Isabelle if I could have a piece of her leftover quilt top (photo below right). (She had mentioned that she trimmed it down, so I knew she had a remnant piece.) I used her amazing quilt top to make tiny little strips to insert into squares of five of the challenge fabrics.
I love the fabric challenge category of QuiltCon to see what folks all do with the same palette. This palette of Windham Artisan Cottons was chosen by Jacquie Gering: White/Aqua, Grape/Dark Pink, Red/Royal, Turquoise/Copper, Aqua/Blue, and Apple Green/Chartreuse.
I chose thread to coordinate with each solid fabric, 50 wt Aurifil in Medium Purple (#2545), Wedgewood (#4140), Light Leaf Green (#1147), Magenta (#2535), and Medium Teal (#1125). And I cut up remnants of my strip sets for the back of the coasters. Once I quilted the quilt top to the batting I trimmed the quilted top and backing to 5" squares, sewed around, turned right side out, and finished. (Check back soon for a tutorial of my full process for finishing my coasters.)
Here's the finished set of five 4 1/2" coasters.
And my strips on the back!
What have you finished lately? I look forward to seeing what you link up below. Thanks for visiting.
Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl
It's really amazing how each coaster looks different. Surrounding the tiny pieced strips by different colors really changes them a lot. What a great set!
sarah
Post authorThanks, Yvonne. I'm excited to give them to Isabelle next week. (And kinda hope she hasn't seen the blog post by then!) Thanks for visiting and for linking up!
Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting
Cute use of the leftover slivers, Sarah! Love all the colors, too!
sarah
Post authorThank you, Nancy. Jacquie picked a great palette for us!
Anja @ Anja Quilts
1/8 inch strips???? Yikes. But the coasters are amazing. I had a plan for the challenge fabric but didn't actually get it made.
sarah
Post authorI know, right! It's such a pretty palette. I hope you enjoy using it for something.