Scrap Mania

Scrap Mania was one of the first classes I took from our local quilt shop in the early 2000s.  I started with fabric choices in green and red, but it looked too much like Christmas so I added the yellow and blue.  Definitely scrappy.
This was a great skill building challenge.  We were given a quilt block layout and three pages of different size blocks to decide which we wanted to insert in our quilts.  Being new to quilting (first time to use a rotary cutter) it was a little intimidating to be left with so many decisions. but I was up for the challenge.  Here are the directions we were given:

Quilt layout guide

Six and eight inch block options

Page two of block options

Final page of block options

It was a blast to start making random blocks, but when I started to put it all together I got a little nervous that I got too crazy with fabric selection.  When it was all assembled I actually liked it.  Very scrappy.  In fact, I even pieced large scraps of batting together using strips of iron-on Pelon featherweight interfacing to enforce the batting seams.
Unfortunately there wasn't a follow up class to see all the participants final quilts.  I would have loved to see what direction they went in.  Here's my final quilt.

My final scrap mania quilt is 64" by 60"

I decided to try a variation of feathers for my quilting design called paisley feathers.  After sewing the design a couple times it was actually very easy.  I will use this same design on my next quilt.

On the quilt back you can see a close up of the paisley feather quilting design

It's said that practice makes perfect and I must say I've mastered my longarm quilter during these past few months since I'm quilting a quilt at least every other week if not sooner.  Back to the UFOs.