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After Quilting

Once I finished the koi quilt I had a gallon-size baggie of leftover scraps. I'm trying to be a zero-waste quilter, and the scraps are pretty, so I decided to make a gift bag for the quilt to use them up.

For the inside of the bag I usually use muslin or a print fabric, but I sewed together a bunch of strips and then thought, why don't I try that stitch and flip thing I've seen other quilters do?

Well, you can see how that was a mistake. I couldn't match up the seams because the strips weren't all the same size. Lesson learned.

For the outside of the bag I used up the rest of the strips and trimmings I had of the patchwork fabric in a quilt-as-you-go pattern, and then used leftover scraps of the backing fabric to frame it on three sides.

I'm quilting the patchwork now, and then 'll sew the bag together with handles from the backing fabric. Stay tuned for the final result.

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