Fun with scraps

Over the years, I've had a tough time throwing out the small bits and pieces of fabric that are left over from various quilting and sewing projects.  Even pieces as small as an inch and a half square wound up in a plastic storage bin.  Until the plastic storage bin overflowed and the pieces wound up here, there, and everywhere.

Last night, I decided I needed to make a quilted note card in honor of the 4th of July.  And, I knew just where to start:  the overflowing plastic storage bin.

A year or two ago, I made a patriotic runner out of off-center log cabin squares.  I had cut too many inner squares.  And, of course, I'd saved them.  I dug through the plastic storage bin and pulled out a bunch of the squares.  It didn't take me too long before I figured out how I wanted to arrange them.  Once they were ironed into place, I realized that it was still missing something.  So, I looked through my tin of trims and found some thin red rick-rack.

Not bad for a handful of scraps.

Tonight, I revisited the bin.  I'd noticed several pepper-themed fabrics last night and decided I wanted to do something with at least one of them.

After playing with the three different prints for a while, I finally settled on the print with the yellow background.

A plain black background, an oval of the pepper fabric, and some back frilly yarn, and I have another quilted card ready to be placed on a card.