Following Up - Part Three

A long time ago, there was a narrow half shelf

in the large open fixed-shelf area

where I have the purples, reds, and pinks.

DH and I had been talking about how to add 

another shelf in that area but we hadn't resolved 

how to  make it look like it belonged 

since there was NO way  to come close 

to the 40-year-old wood's coloring.

And then . . . DH suggested that we use two lengths

of coated wire shelving we removed from our closets.

PERFECT!

So good, in fact, we are going to use the same method

to add another shelf for the blues and one for the greens.

I told him that this was the best kind of birthday present -

something I can't do by myself and

that makes my life better every single day.

He just smiled.

Someone left a comment on Bloglovin and asked 

to see what the interior of the resource boxes look like.

This is inside the yellow-orange box.

And this is inside the warm neutrals box.

This is the brights on black crumb box . . .

. . . and this is what that stack of fabrics looks like

when the box is removed.

There is a LOT of usable fabric in one little crumb box!

For those who asked what I did to use up the scraps

I cut using Bonnie's scrap system:

I made a lot of very scrappy comfort quilts.

Many were coins quilts like this one

that I sashed with less-than-loved fabrics.

Others were vertical strippy style quilts

made with 4", 5" and 6" width strips 

sewn together end to end

in a decidedly liberated manner.

I made four double four patch quilts

to use up the 2.5" squares.

Two were gifted and two were donated.

I also made several vertical strippy quilts like this one

using 2.5" strips with a 2.5" square in between strip.

I had never heard of a jelly roll race quilt,

but that method reminds me of my comfort quilts

for the Alzheimer's Disease Study Council.

I used random size chunks to piece scrappy backs.

And I even managed to use up the less flamboyant

 browns, rusts, and golds

to make masculine comfort quilts for ADSC 

(they never had enough for the men)

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Hopefully this answers most of the questions.

If not, ask away!

If you missed the first post that led

to these follow up posts, click here.

Part One?  Click here

Part Two?  Click here

(AND, if you need a little more eye candy,

click here to see DH's latest woodturning)

Quiltdivajulie

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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" Satchel Paige