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Today I’m sharing my second Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt. The first scrappy trip quilt was so fun to make that I couldn’t resist making another! This time I used all cotton and steel fabrics from various lines in blues, aqua’s and yellows.
I made 30 blocks using Bonnie from Quiltville’s tutorial to make a throw size.
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I’m happy to say my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt is completed! I think this is a new favorite 🙂 Except I usually say that after every quilt.
I’ve seen these types of quilts quite a bit on Pinterest since I’ve started quilting and always thought they looked really difficult to make with all of those tiny squares. It turns out they are much easier than they look! Bonnie’s tutorial on Quiltville is simple to follow and makes lining up squares a breeze. I used her pressing method for the strips.
I did not press the blocks until the entire quilt was pieced. I found it easier to interlock seams and line them up by not pressing until the top was pieced.
Quilt Photo fail! I usually make my husband hold my quilts for photos so he kind of gave me a taste of my own medicine by making me sit there and hold it up for forever 😉 hahaha
I haven’t had a quilt going for about a week or two so I was itching to start the next one! It’s way more fun to always have a project going. After several suggestions on instagram I decided to start my first scrappy trip around the world. I think my biggest hesitation to start something new was my lack of new fabric. I was feeling uninspired. The scrappy trip is a great way to use the fabric you already have. So no new fabric required! Plus I miss mixing and matching different colors and fabric lines. It’s been a while since I have. I’ve been relying on a lot of precut packs all from the same fabric line.
I’m following the brilliant tutorial by Quiltville. It tells you which way to press the seams which makes all the difference in having squares line up!
My fabric stash is actually quite small so I was surprised I was able to pull this many in the tones I wanted. I have a lot of greens that I’ve been wanting to use so that was my base. And then I expanded from there.
I want my scrappy trip quilt to have some cohesiveness to it so I divided my fabric up by colors and then cut strips from each color. I’m kind of trying to keep a navy or darker color as the center color.
I kind of fell in love with the first block 🙂
