Tickled Pink - The Quilt

Tickled Pink is finished!

It measures 53" x 68"

Quilting by Teresa Pino of Quilts2aT.

(look for her on Facebook)

Teresa used Jessie's Swirls panto,

"Petal" cotton thread, and

Quilter's Dream 70/30 batting.

The scrappy tumblers were cut last Christmas using my new die cutter.

The top was finished by the end of January,

and it's been back from being quilted for nearly two months.

Now it is DONE!

The backing fabric came from my stash, as did the scrappy pink binding.

I love pink and have used it in lots of quilts,

but I've never indulged myself in a seriously pink quilt - until now.

I love it!

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Here's to a happy and safe Fourth of July weekend!

Quiltdivajulie

p.s.  This is my 1,500th post . . .  the very first one was shared on July 8, 2007.

Tickled Pink - The Flimsy

  

Tickled Pink - the flimsy.

Measures 53" x 68"

All from the stash!

I wasn't going to add a border ~

but the flimsy cried out for one.

I'm happy that I found a good use 

for this long-stashed Laurel Burch print.

If you look closely, 

you can see two of the made-fabric tumblers in this photo.

Once I seam the back,

this one will be ready for quilting.

Yes!

Quiltdivajulie

Playing With Scrappy Pinks and Creams

During the Real Studio Tour,

I asked my readers to "ignore that table" . . . 

Now you can see what was underneath the draped fabric ~

My new Sizzix Big Shot Pro die cutter!

(very much like the Accuquilt Studio model)

Christmas afternoon, 

I started with the 3" finished tumbler die

and a stack of pink and neutral

scrap fabrics from the resource boxes.

Note:  Accuquilt Go and Studio dies work in the Big Shot Pro

so long as you make/use a shim on top of the sliding tray.

The two shims that come with the unit 

are too thick together and one is not enough;

so after we used paper and cardboard 

to figure out the necessary thickness,

DH loaned me a piece of flat aluminum from his shop.

The shiny piece shown in the photo is really too short,

so a longer one is now on the to-do list.

After each pass, I trimmed the excess edges into strings and crumbs,

putting them directly into their respective boxes

for use during the 2014 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

After only a couple of run-throughs,

I started trimming the scraps from the resource boxes

 into 4" wide lengths (11" or less) before using the die cutter.

That prep-step majorly reduced the edge scraps!

Partial tumblers from the too-short lengths went into the crumb boxes.

Over at the sewing machine, the pairs went together easily.

No corners to trim!

As the various piles dwindled,

I just cut more and more scrappy neutrals and pinks.

Of course, some of the pieces in the resource boxes

were almost-but-not-quite big enough.

What to do?

Sew the too small pieces together and run them through.

Voila ~ more scrappy goodness!

If my math is correct,

I'll need 20 rows with 10 pairs per row

for a 48" x 60" top.

There are 200 pairs in the photo above . . . 

with a few single tumblers for row-enders.

Awesome to see the levels in the resource boxes go down

knowing the scraps are turning into something wonderful!

Quiltdivajulie