Other projects I'm working besides Gypsy Wife

I said I would keep you posted on other projects I am working on.... in between sewing and.prepping tutorials for the Gypsy Wife Quilt.  

We acquired a new associate pastor and pastor the end of last year.   I offered to make them  a wall hanging.... but a quilt was requested instead.

I met first with Fr. James and we decided on Bonnie Hunter's   Scrappy Mountain's Majesty pattern in olive greens and creams to match his sage room and black furnishings.

Luckily this is a color combo I like and have been saving for.  I raided my Goodwill shirt stash,  deboning about 25 shirts. 

Deboning, or deconstructing shirts, is something I learned from Bonnie several years ago.  Our fore-mothers made quilts from clothing and scraps of fabric... so this kind follows in their footsteps.   Here's a link showing you how she does it.  I don't tear as much as she does.... I use a scissor and cut instead... but basically the same process.  deboning a shirt.

I then cut up the shirt fronts and sleeves to get the size squares I needed.   I save the shirt backs to use in quilt backings.

Since then, there has been a bunch of cutting and sewing....

And more cutting and resewing.  With a few OOOPS! along the way.

  
But now, I have the estimated 80 blocks to lay out on my design floor and start putting this quilt together.

If I need more blocks, I'll be back to sewing and cutting again! :)

What are you working on?