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Monday, 15 October 2012

A Sampler Quilt

Just over a week ago I was happily scrapping with 14 lovely ladies at The Second Green Buttons' Retreat (the Remix).  We had a weekend of crafting and chatting and chocolate :o)   I gave a quick class on stitching with templates and happily listened while others shared their expertise.  Ruth showed us three brilliant ways to use up our scraps and I knew straight away that this was a technique I could use for the first challenge of the month over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog: to take inspiration from a quilt. 

Layout - Bad Hair Day? - Jimjams

What's more I have finally made a start with the photos from our 2004 Florida holiday!  We all look so young (and thin) in the pictures ... my diet has restarted with a vengeance!  Not that I'm in this particular photo - there were only four wigs to try on so I stayed safely behind the camera!

Layout Detail - Stitching, brads and stamping

The scraps are from my October Counterfeit Kit (OK I know I haven't shared any pages made with the kit yet, but this was a scraps class) with the addition of some Polka Dot Bazzill, Sizzlits Trixie die-cut title, Studio G stamps and a few brads.  I used this lovely sketch from The Sampler Kit Club's September Challenge too:


If you are inspired by a quilt pattern then please do link up over at the CKCB - check back soon for the pages I made which created these scraps!!
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14 comments:

  1. scrappyjacky15 October 2012 at 09:14

    Love how all the colours work so well....it's always good to get new ideas for scraps.

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  2. Lesley G15 October 2012 at 12:44

    Very nice Jemma, you have far more patience than me although I do need to get my sewing machine out to repair DD's school bag...

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  3. Sian15 October 2012 at 13:08

    It's a beautiful technique! Funny, I got a piece of fabric in a kit on Friday and I tore a picture out of a magazine on Saturday which looked a little like this, with buttons and scraps, which I thought I could use as inspiration. I love the idea of bringing quilting and scrapbooking together. Piecing together the past, eh?

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  4. Margie15 October 2012 at 13:27

    I love this, so many great colors!

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  5. humel15 October 2012 at 13:44

    Oh, this is fabulous, Jemma :) Love the vibrant colours against the white, and the mathematical pattern of the scraps :)

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  6. Unknown15 October 2012 at 18:37

    such a great technique. the sewing is fabulous. thanks for playing with us at the sampler.

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  7. ComfyMom~Stacey15 October 2012 at 19:34

    Great looking layout! Love how you did the stitching!

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  8. alexa15 October 2012 at 23:07

    I am admiring that long patterned strip, Jemma - great use of papers. Are you taking Shimelle's new class?

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  9. MiliPea Designs16 October 2012 at 01:39

    Love that layout! Great use of scraps.

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  10. Lizzie16 October 2012 at 09:42

    This is a Cool page! I love what you have done with the little patches of paper, the matching brads etc. The photo made me laugh!

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  11. CoventryAnn16 October 2012 at 22:02

    Loving the use of scraps, fabulous LO.

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  12. Susanne17 October 2012 at 00:06

    Totally cute page - and that photo is hilarious.

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  13. Missus Wookie18 October 2012 at 21:23

    I love the straight lines of stitching against the scraps pattern. Great photo and yeah for being young - no comment on the skinny :lol:

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  14. Heather Landry24 October 2012 at 00:46

    Thank you so much for playing along with The Sampler challenges! I really love the stitching. Your layout really looks quilted. Very cool.

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