Arrow

My very first leader & ender project was an adaptation of this pattern.  The original pattern was meant for a mini charm pack, or 2 1/2" squares.  I wanted to use up some 2" square scraps, so I did the math to figure out the length & width of the arrow shaft & head, then figured out how many 2" squares I would need for the same dimensions.

It's still in 2 pieces here, you just can't tell from the angle.

I've had the arrow done for close to a year, but since completing it involved figuring out angled piecing, it's been in a drawer for quite a while.

But now it's done!  The solid was from a 4 yard cut that was in a box of fabric my grandmother gave me several years ago.  There are 208 squares: 100 in the arrow head and 108 in the shaft.  It's not an I Spy quilt strictly speaking, but a fair number of the scraps do have objects in them.

I thought this would be a good project for scrappy binding, so there are 7 different pieces of leftover binding in this--hooray!  The back is a large piece of minky fabric that was donated to my Project Linus chapter.  Though my preference is to hand stitch binding, I don't like to when the back is minky, so I machine sewed the binding.  I used a decorative stitch, though I'm not sure I like it.  Aesthetically it looks fine but it's so much thread that it makes the edges feel stiff to me and I don't really like that.  But overall, I'm quite pleased with it.

decorative stitch on binding

This was #15 on my list of Q1 goals for the globally hosted finish along.

I will be linking up with Oh Scrap! hosted by Cynthia of Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, and with Scraptastic Tuesday co-hosted by She Can Quilt and Mrs. Sew & Sow. (I'm having trouble with that button, so my apologies for it not appearing.