Recyling…the leftovers!

Yes, we are still talking about Stitching Lines…and BOW TIES!

I’ve joined  Bonnie Hunter (Quiltville’s~Quips and Snips) and fellow Bow Tie Lovers in a 2011 Challenge~ to make a Bow Tie Quilt by July 2012…totally do-able, don’t you think! 

SEW I need to make a ton of these guys…then I remembered…

..these guys…The LEFTOVERS from my last Stitching Lines project…AND I remembered that ‘Joyful Quilter’ left a comment about the leftovers when I first blogged about ‘Stitching Lines’ …She said she used them when she made her snowball blocks and her flying geese blocks.  Hmmm…what about bow ties??

So I put them to the test….You start like this…lining up the little square  and the big square with right sides together…

Clip the strip to fit…corner to corner…and stitch…wow so easy, so quick, so accurate…and to think people throw this part away!!

Cut the fabric off along the paper’s edge… 

It takes 2 seconds to fold and rip…melts off!

Done!

Press open and repeat…sew together and Presto!!  Instant bow tie!!  I love it when they practically makes themselves!!

So now I have TWO bow ties…a long way from making a quilt…but that’s OK because I have lots of leftover from Stitching Lines…

…and I have lots of squares ready and waiting…

Just a reminder about the 750 Followers’ Give Away!  You can’t eat the leftovers if you don’t win the Full Meal…metaphorically speaking of course!!  You can enter the Stitching Lines’ Give Away HERE! 

Also I just noticed that Mary, the inventor of Stitching Lines, has HER OWN BLOG!!!  It’s called Marin and Colusa Quilting Blog…check it out!!  I know I will!! 

Thanks again Mary!!

And don’t forget today is the LAST day to win this wonderful book…Mr. Random Generator will be choosing a number tomorrow bright and early.  If you haven’t entered then go HERE!

Today is the LAST day of Quilt Sue’s Book Tour!!  Hurry over to see what the Grand Finale will bring…it’s being held at Cotton Cocktails!

Now if you missed any of the blogs on the tour then check them out…it’s never too late…well maybe it is too late to enter on some but a lot of them are still open!

• Wed 24 Aug    -      Hazel's Quilts (giveaway won by Janet)
• Thurs 25 Aug   -     Quilt Hollow (giveaway won by Kristen)
• Fri 26 Aug       -     Silver Thimble (giveaway won     byGrendelskin)
• Saturday          - Magnolia Bay Quilts (giveaway won by Happy Cottage Quilter)
• Sun 28 Aug       -    Bejewelled Quilts by Barb (giveaway open until Fri  3 Sep)
• Mon 29 Aug      -    Insights from SewCalGal (giveaway open until Sun 4 Sep) 
• Tues 30 Aug      -   Sew'n Wild Oaks (giveaway open until Sat 3 Sep)
• Wed 31 Aug      -    Sweet P Quilting (giveaway open until Sat 3 Sep)
• Today                -    Quilting Prolifically (giveaway open until Sun 4 Sep)
• Today      -   Cotton Cocktails

Thanks so much Quilt Sue (Quilt Times)!!  It was a fun Book Tour and I am totally up for BOOK TWO!!  My guess is… Book Two is already at the publisher’s!  Can’t wait!

Have a FUN Friday and Happy Quilting!~P