Scraptastic Tuesday - a scrappy finish!

I started a clamshell quilt back in about July 2014.

I used my sizzix machine to cut out my clamshells which made the job of piecing them all by hand a whole lot easier.   They were all the same size and shape!

 A charm square was just the right size to go through my sizzix for this shape - I have stacks of charms;  some from charm swaps and some I had cut myself from stash.

I tend to cut a few charms from any new fabric coming in so I get to play with it a little as once upon a time I just worked with my scraps and didn't touch my stash - now it seems like the other way around though Scraptastic Tuesday is helping!

Anyway I pieced all my clamshells together 

Added a border in Kona Pear by adding partial clamshells as I couldn't bear to trim them off!

And then hand quilted with a deep purple (229) Finca Perle Cotton no. 12 thread.  I just followed round the inside of each and every of my 480 clamshells.   This took quite a while..... 

Then this weekend I decided I would quilt a flutter of clamshells tumbling every which way in the border - this time in green (1223).  

I have yet to add my add my label details on the inside of a few of those clamshells - maybe when I finally decide what to name the quilt!  



I used a navy white check type print by Lotta Jansdotter as my binding,.. 

..which nicely finished off the front but also went well with the gorgeous Art Gallery Fabric I used a backing.  You can perhaps see the quilting on the back too!

I am so very happy with how this quilt turned out.   For me it has a strong traditional look but yet has a few touches of the modern about it!

Don't forget to get your scrappy projects ready for our linkup next Tuesday!  

You never know I might have another scrappy quilt finished by then as I seem to be finishing quite a few at the moment!  That deadline to finish off our Siblings Together quilts gets closer and closer....

I know Leanne has been playing with some fun FQs and scraps to make a gorgeous baby quilt - and she has a giveaway so you can join in!  Just follow the link

In June I'll be linking this post up to ....