Use the Leftovers

I make a lot of string-pieced blocks for scrap quilts. I cut the base cloth to the dimensions I need, then add strips to it with a stitch-and-flip method. Because you never see the base fabric, it's the perfect place to use stash fabric I no longer like. I love being able to use fabric that normally would be given away or tossed.

-Illene Jennings

Nevada, Iowa

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