I needed a relaxing hand-held project to use as a break in between stints of sitting at the quilting frame, something I could do without devoting too much thought or energy to it. To that end, I dragged out the bag of fabric scraps labelled "fragments" and the larger tub marked "littles" with the idea that it was a good time to use up those bits and pieces too good to throw away, but too small for anything but a scrap quilt. I can't bring myself to discard those oddly shaped snippets which still have some kind of character on them, like a cat face or a sheep, or a pretty floral. Sometimes the figure isn't quite complete...cat missing its feet or a butterfly with only one wing...good enough for a crazy quilt, but far from the "fussy cuts" I like to put in my geometric quilts. When the bag/bin approaches critical mass, I make a crazy quilt. Sometimes, I machine-stitch them, but in this case, I wanted a handwork project, so I'm appliqueing the pieces together. I haven't decided yet if I'll embroider the seams.
