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- You’ve finished your quilt top and you are left with a pile of scraps. So now what. Use them to make up your quilt back. You might just have more fun than making the top.
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Happy Saturday to all. Making AFTERQUILTS is one of my favourite quilting things. I like the freedom to explore and play. It's hard not to second guess your choices but try to just let go of perfection and explore colour combinations and patterns. The results will surprise you and delight your recipient...they might even prefer the back. I flip my quilts over every time I change the sheets and it helps add energy to the room. Enjoy! oh and PLEASE SUBSCRIBE
Just Get it Done Quilts kathygilligan67@gmail.com
The last quilt I made for hubby and myself ended up completely reversible. I did not use all the precious scraps, this time, as I wanted to save them for another project. Rather, I used some pleasingly compatible fabric.
The front of this quilt, I named, “Wild Child”, because the colors are BOLD. The back is calmer.
It’s nice to be able to rotate it to give the eyes a rest. 😋
I just realized that the quilt I’m working on has a built in after quilt.😃
I’m doing it quilt-as-you-go with sashing. I used the same fabricsl front and back, but with different patterns. I did throw in just a few extra fabrics to stretch it out. It is turning out wonderfully! I’ll post a pic on your facebook page when I’m done. (I still have some borders to add.)
This is off the AFTERQUILTS topic, but in this video, you showed a picture of a quilt that you made for your husband. It is exactly the kind of thing I am wanting to make for my grown son. Can I purchase this pattern somewhere?
Just started quilting and LOVE your Just Get it Done videos -- gives me confidence to strike out and try things!
Kathryn Haug it’s my own design...not yet a formal pattern. Maybe soon
I love the idea of afterquilts. I did it with my last quilt but ended up loving it so much I decided to use it as a front. Now I have to make 2 backs. Thanks Karen. Boy, I need a coffee.
Thank you Karen from a Scottish quilting beginner in lockdown! Just finished my first quilting effort. I’m a perfectionist and like to do everything efficiently so I was all set to give up quilting forever after making
mistake after mistake. THEN I discovered you. Best advice ever - don’t fret about mistakes; don’t unpick, unless vital, cos you won’t notice in the end; don’t hurry; take breaks. Every mistake is another notch up the learning curve. So yesterday I tried to relax and enjoy. So a huge thanks Karen. Just LOVE your channel. Keep these tutorials coming.
I am bingeing on your older videos that I've never seen and am absolutely loving watching your thought and action plans for using up quilt leftovers. Thank you.
I made a quilt top AND an AFTERQUILT using ONLY SCRAPS..IM SOOO LOVING THIS..
LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS KAREN!
I've always called it a companion quilt, I take all the scraps and add one or two other fabrics to fill in.
I try to make a pillow sham with "after" pieces, so each quilt has storage or a full sized pillow can be made. :) Happy quilting!
Sounds like a plan. I have kept scraps from a few quilts for just that reason. Haven't made the shams yet. They are in my UFO pile. Some day, some day.
I make one, too, so I can store the quilt AND give it away with the quilt as another part of the gift!
@@carolchidlow4798
I've always done this.
It's especially nice if you enter local quilt shows. The pillowcase matches the quilt & perfect to add another label.
Or if a gift, who doesn't love a matching pillowcase? ☺
Fabulous idea
This is such a great idea! So when giving the quilt as a gift, just place it in its own quilt cover, not just any ole plastic bag. I so love this! Thanks everyone for your ideas and special thanks to Karen, she is such an inspirational person with her quilt making, organizing etc. I look forward to her videos.
Working on an after quilt now. Another thing I like to do with the left over fabric is to make a tote for smaller quilts. It becomes the gift bag and can be used to store the quilt or just as a tote.
Great idea! make a hat, too😄🌸
Karen Brown, you've done it again. You seem to draw us in and present new info in each video. I was at the fabric store and found the perfect fabric for a backing. When the measurement came in, it was too short for the backing. I realized "I'll just do a Karen Brown and make an afterquilt." lol. I had a package of 10" squares that I only used a few squares of in another quilt, so I bought the fabric and added those 10" squares to my background fabric. Thank you for all your wonderful creations, advice and knowledge.
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You are a freaking genius. I love your videos
Some great ideas - thank you. The tip about using smallest scraps first before Scrap Fatigue sets in is brilliant x
Jacq Coldwell Yes...it might be the most important point 😎
Karen, this is an excellent advice! Thank you! On of the best videos on the scrappy quilt backing.
! Scrap fatigue ! I love it. Thanks Karen. What's the saying " Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without."
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I love that you addressed fabric fatigue. Sometimes I get so sick of a fabric I begin to doubt myself. This happened with a quilt I was working on for my nephew. I put it away, thinking I had to start all over again with different fabrics that worked better together. When I came back to it after a month, I was struck by the colors and fabric and how great it looked. It took only 2 hours to fully complete and he and his mom loved it! Can't believe I was only 2 hours from completion and I just gave up. Fabric Fatigue - it is REAL!!
My aunt helped me make my first quilt. It's an illusion t-shirt quilt in memory of my mom, she passed in 2019 from breast cancer. I started learning to quilt by crumb quilting. My aunt had me incorporate a long strip of my crumbs with 2 different kinds of fabric on each side on the back. I'm pretty proud of it.
Sounds very special
The first time I did thus many years ago, it was because I had a few blocks left over. So I used those on the back in a random placement and used some larger pieces to surround them. Really had no plan. Sometimes it's a few blocks that just don't look right on the front.
Ha ha just recently I was making an" after quilt" my girl friend whose birthday was very close hinted for a quilt well my after quilt was nearly done and I loved the real quilt to much to share so the after quilt became the quilt and she loved her birthday present plain backing and all.
LOL...I should have added that warning...because it happens often
What a great idea! I think I'll try that with my current scraps.
Great to hear some good honest advice. My afterquilt will be the one where AFTER watching all these brilliant tutorials, I actually make a quilt!!! 🤗🏴
Lol, right there with you!
Hi there! Your hair looks so pretty! 😀 I love your videos. Always friendly and warm and full of very good ideas. As for me, I might not be cut out for scraps and improv. I've gotten rid of leftovers and scraps because it's tough for me to throw them together. I learned sewing for making garments and then home dec. Sooo..my quilt backings were created with piecing one single yardage to make it look like a giant seamless thing. (I've only made 4 quilts.) I never wanted the backs to compete with the quilt tops that I'd worked so hard on. Maybe that's a newbie thing: "I gave BLOOD for this thing--and you want to see the BACK?!!" 😂
What a fantastic idea! I love this. I'm a 5th generation patch quilter/seamstress, I learned from my Grammy. Her dad made patch quilts to keep her and her 3 sisters warm after my great grandmother passed at an early age. They used every scrap for pillows, shoe bags and more!
I am carrying on the family tradition by using scraps for matching quilt pillows or tote bags. I have never considered using them like this for a backing, and the way you show everything here helps me realize I can do this. I'm so glad I found your channel!! It's hard to imagine what to do as I stare at her quilts wondering how she planned them out. Thank you for sharing this!!
Grammy would approve XO
Hi Karen - I found this video one day, watched it , and then subscribed. Then I started making an after quilt and a matching pillow for every quilt I make. Thank you for all your inspirations!
What a great idea. I make a pinwheel block with some of the material from the quilt and a light fabric ( if light fabric was not used in quilt top) and sew it into the backing. That becomes my quilt tag.
Linda Werner I’m looking for labelling ideas...thx
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I have a label on FB that I used for my Granddaughter's quilt. I think I went overboard with the information. I added the song I made up to sing to her when I rocked her as a baby. Take a peak!
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts My quilting label is on my instagram. I love the quilt tag idea Linda.
I love your videos Karen ❤️👍🥰 Thank you for sharing ☺️ Chris-Raleigh NC
I normally try to supersize one of the blocks from the front to make the backing for the quilt. It has turned out really neat and I almost like it better than the front!
I like that technique ✋
Love your videos. You explain things in a simple manner.
I'll use up what I can, but I can't wait to get enough scraps for a scrap quilt or string quilt. I love those the best. I've almost been tempted to use my jelly rolls as a scrapy quilt. 😊
Been there and know exactly how you feel. But trust me, one day you’ll turn around and wonder where all the fabric came from.
Sometimes I go to my quilt store and buy scrap bags for $6.00.....
@@kathykaplan497 I'll have to call and see if they sell them in my area. Thank you.
Another great video! You do such an amazing job explaining & breaking up projects into an achievable goal.
“Begin with the end in mind” is always my mom’s go to suggestion for success!!!
🙌🏻 Thank you for highlighting 'after quilts'! From my very first quilt I wondered why the instructions were to buy so much more backing yardage when there was so much front fabric left!! Thanks again Karen!
Exactly!!
I've just watch your video about afterquilt. I had to do so once because when I bougth my Black fabric, the Lady at the shop didn't cut it very well and I had to square it up because it was not straigth. So as I had leftover blocks, I user them on my back and I liked it; so now, I have enough leftover, I do the same. And I encourage my friend to do so and it works with them too. They like it.
I did this on the last quilt that I gave to Project Linus. Just had a lot of material left over and I didn’t want to spend any more money on it so took leftover pieces and started putting them together for my back. I didn’t quite get my lines straight when I quilted it but don’t think anyone will notice. I also took my left over batting pieces and sewed them together so I would have a large enough piece of batting to use without buying more! It was definitely a saver quilt. Figure I saved $50 to $100 by not buying backing and batting and that right there will allow me to make another charity quilt. Your ideas were awesome and because of them I’ll be able to do better next time.
I always enjoy your videos..so positive and creative. Thank you
"Finished your quilt top! Yay ! 👏👏👏... Now you have a pile of scraps.
Blah, boo!" Lol 😄😄😄 I loved that! Hooked me into this video immediately!
In 2020, the school I work at made masks for each student (about 550). I helped sew some, and asked for the scraps, and made some 18", crazy quilt throw pillows; 2 for the faculty lounge, and one each for the principal and vice principal. I also made 3 more 14" scrap pillows for me and my two direct coworkers. It was fun and therapeutic, though by the time I was trimming the pillows with piping I was Done! I did include my initials and the year on the tops.
Thanks for the tips and encouragement!
👏👏👏 well done you
Oh! What a fantastic idea! I love it, and will be using your tips from here on! Might I just add, you look marvelous in red!! ❤️❤️❤️
Love your "way" :-) It's an Idiom: Down South - Folks have a "way about them" I Love your "way" Your demeanor - your smile - your attitude - your "face the facts" + "love of the art" makes for a wonderful "way". Blessings!!!
Thank you 😊
Good morning,beautiful another amazing video thank you so much for your time and great tips I've fabric everywhere 🤯🤪😌😖😇. I need to get with it making a quilt have a amazing day
LOL Watching this almost a year and a half later and reading the comments LOL!!!!!! I am SO glad that you did the binding tutorial!!!!!! Binding and I don't fight like we used to! Thank you so much Karen!!!!!
Scrap fatigue... so real. Love the video. It’s like having a second quilt!
Thanks for the photo...I can’t believe we did t have one
I made an afterquilt but it turned out to be better than the quilt so everyone said to use it as the front of another quilt and then I had to make 2 afterquilts lol.
Well done. You probably had more fun too...The After-After quilt
that's great! There are scrap quilts out there that do just that. I love that you have two quilts now.
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts LOL the "Grand-After" quilt!
Loved the video! I have been doing this for a few years now and I thought I was just cheap and weird! But, I love the way my "afterquilts" look. Thanks for the validation!
That's not being cheap or weird. It's being artistic & going the extra mile. I personally feel the back should be as interesting as the front. It's easy to do a one piece backing, its harder to design a back, even if it's more simplified. Its like designing a whole other quilt. Then you have to make sure any lines are straight w/ the front when basting. I love the looks of people's faces when they see the back. 😄
Thank you so much for this great video. You put a lot into making this and I appreciate all of your effort. I loved all of the visuals and examples. I am going to expand my after-quilts from just adding strips to my backings. I really do love the idea of using up the leftover fabric, even if it means adding from your stash. It can save a lot of money on backings and make them more interesting.
I have made so many after cushions, after bags and after pot holders, I’m beyond bored with them, the family’s even more bored and I can only apologise to my friends. .But thanks to you, I’m now going to concentrate on after quilts. I might even manage to get down on my knees and line ‘em up on the floorboards? Although rising won’t be easy, but anyway, a great tip, so thank you.
I loved your'scrap fatigue' clip😂🤣😂😘! I usually get to that point Before I even get to the back. I guess this is one way to go if you have limited storage space.
Watched again for about the bazillionth time, looking for a section for someone who is attempting for the first time. Every single time I rewatch one of your videos, I learn something new, or can relate to something I couldn't before. Today I belly laughed at the scrap fatigue comment. So so true! You are amazing and so appreciated!
I'd love to see some quilt-as-you-go tutorials, please. That would be a place to use spare pieces without assembling a whole bunch of extra blocks & strips together.
Fabulous video...& I thought your 'vlogging" was great (unique). I've started doing 'afterquilts' & feel almost compelled to do them, despite the time consuming process it is! Although my efforts are nothing like yours yet, your examples are 'very' helpful. Thank you again for all your wonderful advice. BTW - I've watched a zillion P & Q youtube clips over past 6 years, & yours (in my opinion) is way up there! Well done!
I’m working on a orphan quilt it will be finished soon and the back is going to be interesting because the front will be a after-orphan quilt !
I’ve been quilting about 18 months and I have always wanted to do this....so hopefully soon I will!!! Thanks for the inspiration and definitely the instructions!!
You can do it!
I love all your videos!!!
Thank you for the very practical suggestions in your videos! I have sewn for 60 years and I always finish with a "take-away" to incorporate into my work!
Thank you
Love, love, love this idea. I have done that when I made a quilt for a friend using her deceased husbands shirts. I asked her for a couple of hers as well. When I had completed the top (Carpenter's Star), I took the leftover pieces of shirts and put them into a quilt back. I did have to add some solid white, leftover from the borders, but I ended up with a beautiful reversible quilt. Thanks for showing me how to make a lovely, fun, colorful and scrappy Afterquilt. I will be thinking of this when i have to find my next quilt backing....I'll just make a scrappy one,
Karen, you are the BEST!! Thank you for being "YOU" ! Just finishing my after-quilt. :)
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Just finished my first ever quilt top. Now the family is saying, "What will you do for the back? Backing is expensive!" Now I know! I love your videos, your energy, and your practical advice! Keep up the good work!
I ALWAYS check the 100% cotton bargain bin in the fabric store. There is often something reasonably neutral for about 1/3 the usual cost that I pick up for future backings. (Then I dress them up by with a border or large sashing). But I'm definitely going make an afterquilt 'pillow case/quilt bag' for my next quilt.
I love your energy Karen & your great ideas! I came up with a fun idea, I wanted to share. I am taking my scraps & putting them together to make 30” - 40” sq blankets for our local animal shelter. Nothing measured, nothing matches, no seams lined up. I bought some used sheets at the thrift store to use for backing. (No batting) it’s fun, it’s quick, and will help our shelter take care of so many cats and dogs. Thank you !
I loved your afterquilt. I thought it was good enough to stand alone as a quilt top, so there!
Don't worry about leaving out the coffee pouring, walking up steps, etc. I really don't care for those shots anyway. I'd much rather have the 'meat & potatoes' information than all the extras that some people care to include. There are only so many hours in a day, you know, and all those extra shots just take away from the info I need to glean so that I can go put all these good ideas into practice. Thanks for all your BIG ideas.
Thanks for the video ... I had been waiting for your take on the process .... LOVED it
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@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I guess that bullet journal worked.
I have watched many of your episode. I love your way to do a quilt. BUT your styling of scarves with your clothes is awesome!
Karen, thank you so much for this lesson in making an after quilt! I tried to do this 4 or 5 (or more) years ago, but had no idea how to begin the process! Now that you've given me some guidelines and the visuals, I will try, again. Thanks, in advance, for helping me to "Just Get It Done."
I know I need to do this more! I commonly put a row of leftovers in to stretch a back to the right size but I really could be doing more. Thanks for the push.
This is such a useful video! Thanks. Love all your content and your tips and tricks
I love watching your videos because I love how you try to use up all your leftover fabrics in really creative ways. I haven’t done that many quilts, but I already have a ton of scraps left over and I don’t want to just throw them away. I love all these ideas and am going to find your other scrap buster videos as well. Thank you so much for sharing these great ideas, tips and tricks!!
Great video and ideas. I usually try to make double sided quilts but I definitely want to try some after quilts. Other leftover projects: I use some of my scraps from kids' quilts to make a matching teddy bear. I also keep the small batting scraps from all kinds of projects in a separate bag, nothing is too small and it doesn't have to match. The smaller the better. Then I pull the batting apart, shredding it to make stuff for the teddy bears.
I love the idea of making a bear, or any other doll or animal, from the scraps from a quilt you make for a child. Just another nice present to go with the quilt.
Love your tip on using the smaller blocks first! Gonna scrap bust later and I will try that out :)
Karen you opened my eyes to how much fun the backing can be. I used to run out and buy a coordinated backing that “matched” the front. No more! If I don’t make an after quilt I look thru the stash and use whatever piece is big enough. And now when I make wall hangings they’re almost always two sided. My latest quilt backing has a panel in the middle I had no idea what to do with. 🤷♀️💕
Thanks for all these ideas! BTW, your crocks are the exact same as mine! 💛
I need a new pair 😬 these are worn out
Love the idea of the after quilt. If the quilt should ever need repair the fabric on after quilt will be there. Simply wonderful
Love the idea of 'wast not - want not ' ... a rule I try to use constantly ... Thank-you. It is amazing what can be made with what was going to be trashed or forgotten. In generations gone by ... scraps, even clothing, were sewn together to make 'scrap quilts' or a 'quilt of many colors' or even a 'memory quilt'. Fancy names for using what you have ... to be able to do more the next time. I am looking forward to more of your tutorials.
I'm so glad this showed up in my recommended views. What a great an economical way to use up those scraps!
My recent after quilt is sewing strips by paper piecing onto sandwich wrappers I bought at Sam's Club. 1000 sheets Dry wax papers 12 x 10.75 for $8.38.
Interesting
Cool! One could use this idea to make String Quilt blocks...and use the wrappers as the foundation...
@@DH-qz2so Yes, that's what I did. The paper foundation for those blocks sells for around $10 for 250 papers. Out of my budget. Squaring up the sandwich wrappers would have been better, but I left them at the size they came. It started as a test and ended up being 6 blocks.
Can you show what you mean “it must lie flat,” and please demonstrate the fixes for not lying flat? Thank you for excellent videos.
imagatorvetmom seconded. I didn’t really understand what she meant.
When you sew together fabric and one piece is slightly the wrong shape(ie instead of a square you have a trapezoid bc one side is slightly off) it makes it so that there is a peak in the fabric where there shouldn't be. It's like if you're trying to tape 2 pieces of paper together, but the edges of the paper are uneven so you get some puckering or waviness. This is why she emphasizes squaring your fabric and cutting off the edges, so that each block is as precise as possible and fits well.
I just made my first afterquilt. You're right, it's exhausting, but the result is very satisfying. The left over fabric is gone, there's no extra cost, and the backside looks like a second quilt. Thanks a lot for all the recommandations, I follwed them as closely as my left-overs allowed it. What a great teacher you are!
thank you 😎
I got the bug of quilting. Sewed a few and having material leftover. So I made matching pillows, cosmetic cases for the girls,shaving cases for the boys, matching storage totes or cubes,shoe bags andthen a card using the leftover fabrics from the leftover fabric. I don’t have much stash in my stash container cause I use the whole I love making the quilt and backing and any accessories I can create and that soothes my creative brain
I just found your videos and I love them! I have been quilting for many years but have been on "pause" while renovating. You have inspired me to find something and sew again so THANK YOU!! I love that you are "local" too
I've never heard of an after quilt until I found this channel and saw your show. I would have never thought of it. You make sewing look nice and fun!!
Yup , when your wrecking you brain with " how or what am I going to with these scraps ? " light bulb moment ! I can use these for something ! But what ? Then in seconds it comes to you ! Alternatively, you put away and when when faced with " where am I going to get fabric for this project ? Oh yeah I can use the scraps I have ! It's the creative process at its finest !
Thank you for this video. I want to make more backings. I have large pieces of fabric to use, and fabric from the quilt top to use, but it’s tricky to draft the quilt back you need before the fact and then try and meet the required fabric sizes to make it. I guess your method of no pre-planning is better.
Not better...just more adaptable and possibly economic. 😎
I have done some simple afterquilts before. I think it’s something I should do more often, then I wouldn’t have so many small scraps
It will really help keep the scraps under control
Mine are actually a battle I am working on
Thank you. I've been waiting for this one. You really make these projects doable. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Good video! I understand it much better.
Don’t always comment but watch your videos. Just love them. Thank you.
I have never tried an afterquilt, but you have inspired me to try it on one of my next quilts. I have no lack of scraps, because I love making scrap quilts, including string quilts. I need to be sorting and cutting specific sizes. Thanks for all the tips and tricks, especially your scrap quilt ideas. You are amazing!!!
Scraps happen...we might as well have fun with them
Your afterquilts are so pretty! I don't have the expertise to machine quilt. Making pillow shams, tote bags, and wall hangings is more doable for a hand quilter.
Just found your channel and now I am binge watching. You have some really great ideas and I have a lot of scraps. Thanks so much for sharing!
This is so lovely, and you have such a sweet and calming spirit! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thanks for the great information. I tried an after-quilt after you had mentioned it in a previous video. I had a few missteps along the way and after watching this video I now know what to do the next time I make a backing! Thanks for all the videos you put out. They are the virtual nudge I needed to start completing all those old UFOs.
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Karen, I love your videos! You make quilting easy and accessible - I'm a beginning quilter, and only do quilting now and then, mostly for Project Linus, between other projects. The afterquilt is a new concept to me, and I love it! You've also given me ideas for the seasonal pillow covers that I make for my white denim sectional. For baby gifts, I make simple flannel receiving blankets (the pattern with a self-binding edge). After watching your videos, I find some quilting techniques creeping in to dress them up beyond their basic two pieces of flannel. Oh, and by the way, I love the scarf you're wearing in this video.
I need to think outside the box. Thx for the great tutorials. No need for for the "quilt police".
I just want to say how much I appreciate your videos. I'm a new quilter, coming to quilting after making masks. I come and reference your videos frequently. I'm currently putting together the afterquilt for my second quilt and it's always just so helpful to come back and listen again. Thank you so much for your wonderful content 💜💜🐿️
Two quilts. Well done you 👍
What a good idea, never thought of joining scrap fabrics together! I shall give it a go.
I also like to make pillowcases with leftover fabric! I love your videos Karen, thanks for your great ideas and how to get them done!!
Great inventive ideas for scraps- starting with small ones makes simple andleatns more- thanks Karen! I followed you around 2 1/2 years ago🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😄
I finally made an after quilt wasn’t as beautiful as yours was ( and I was stressed from thinking too much!) but it almost looks like the front because I had a lot of orphan blocks that I cut the wrong way and didn’t measure up to the right size so I use that for the back and some fabric in between the rows and on the sides. I am going to quilt it the same way you did with soft wavy lines going through a Quilt
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Enjoyed your after quilt solution for scraps
Love them all....
Thank you for sharing ❤️💗
I sometimes just make fabric out of my quilt scraps. And hang them on the wall...at least so far....
Hugs for EVERYONE 🤗🤗🤗🤗💞
Love that idea
I love the afterquilts! Thanks so much for sharing these tips. I’m currently work on triplet quilts but mom wants solid backs. So I am thinking ahead of using the scraps for my 2 youngest granddaughters afterquilts ❤️💕 super stoked for them!
Sounds like a great plan 👍
Thanks! Lam a beginner and now I have fun with an after quilt. I have made three,and it save fabric and money. The folks I have given them to think it was all in the plan!,! Great fun!
Such perfect timing to watch this. Headed for a retreat this weekend, my quilt top will be done or close to done and then I’m going to get crazy and create my very first after quilt as the back. Excited to use up these colours I’ve been seeing for months. Thanks Karen, as always you’re the best.
Karen, red is your color. Thanks for another good video. I’m drowning in scraps. I am trading some with a neighbor. 😀
Good morning. Thank you. Beginners will enjoy this. I´m one of them!!!!!
Thank you
What a great thought! I bought this fabric that I love and can’t bare to throw any out! But really unlikely I will sew another quilt with it! Trying it on my next project!
The After Quilt - what a great idea! I've been quilting a long time and have never heard of doing that but I love it. I collect sheets and use them for my backs since I really like the patterns of sheets and recycling them but............I'm going to challenge myself to do this on my next quilt. Thanks ~ love your channel and the way you present information.