The Leftover Conundrum

 Leftovers are just a part of life, right?  Every once in a while, after finishing a quilt I’ll find I have enough leftovers to possibly make another whole quilt – a small one, but still a whole quilt!  And I’m always torn.  Should I just add the fabrics to my stash (which is arranged by color) and let it go?  Or just keep going and make that second quilt.

What do you do?

Flirty charms was made with leftovers, as was Honey Honey, Hometown Healing, and Sweet Baby Boy.



And now I have another to add to the list.  I had some 3” strips leftover from this quilt and with the addition of a bit more Kona Snow, I knew I could make a small throw sized quilt.  So I got to work.

With the combination of strip piecing and chain piecing it was a fast project.  In about an hour I had a stack of blocks:



And not long after that I had a quilt top (I did have to make a trip to my local shop to get a bit more Kona Snow).  The quilt top measures about 52” x 60” and I'm hoping to get the quilting done on it this weekend.  Hooray for leftovers!  

Linking up to Finish It Up Friday with Crazy Mom Quilts