patchwork towels

My first completed Christmas gift ~ yay!!

I'd already purchased the towels 

when Amanda Jean posted her tutorial,

and was trying to work out in my mind how, exactly, to attach the patchwork strip.

As it turns out,

because my towels had definitive 'markings' where I placed my patchwork,

I didn't actually use her tute;

I decided to just press and glue baste, then topstitch.

I folded the ends in 1/4 inch, then wrapped them around the edges of the towel,

so there is just the tiniest splash  of color on the backside of the towel.

For extra security,

I ran a line of stitching in the ditch 

down the center of the patchwork strip.

While I am not the biggest fan of small pieces,

I do love using scraps 

because they are fun reminders of the projects they are originally from

(How many projects would you guess are represented in these towels?)

Linking up with Amanda, once again :-)

~

(the answer is 15)

Fifteen projects represented in one towel!

That's a whole lotta love :-)

Girls Easter dresses, circa, 2009!

Gramma's quilt

Lana's quilt 

My California Dreamin' quilt - the first time I used designer fabric

and the only time I used an entire line (and only that line) in a quilt.

Tony and Kacy's quilt ~ gifted as soon as it was finished, and I have no pictures : /

Pink Parade

Poetry in Fabric

Brandon's quilt, Surrounded

Claire's quilt

Any Which Way (which is still not finished...)

zip pouches

Simply Luscious, of course ;-)

my longstanding WIP, stars to hexagons EPP

Covered in Love and Prayers, the quilt for I made for Connie, when she began chemo

and 

Owl always love you, for  Kacy

:-)