A Flannel Quilt Workout

 With the beginning of a new year

and the Winter Olympics currently going on,

maybe it was time to think

about "shaping up".

Well, I wasn't necessarily thinking about

it physically, but rather,

thinking about  "targeting" some of 

those long forgotten projects.

In my sewing room 

lingering right over my shoulders

in plain view

are these adorable practical picnic baskets.

And this one has been holding 

flannel fabric for a project for over a decade.

The original idea had long ago

"stalled out".

Now was the time to "reshape" 

these already cut 8 inch squares of 

Kansas Trouble flannels into something new.

But with flannels I didn't want to be too "aggressive"

and cut 

it all up into very small pieces.

So I happened to find a free pattern

by Kim Diehl available through Henry Glass Fabrics

called Heritage Stars.

It's similar to patterns we've seen before, and

I thought I could "workout" my fabric sizes with

Kim's ideas pretty easily.

With a little imagination

interpretation,

and  "endurance"

it was becoming a "winning" solution.

You can see that I "stretched" the idea

of the stars into the borders

and "maximized" the use of the flannels.

It will be perfect for our winter weather 

and it was  the perfect project to "tackle" and

"rehabilitate" those lingering flannels.

Until Next Time-

Kyle