Too much?

I told you I had some major sewing momentum the last week or so.  4 blog posts in a week??  I haven't done that in a long time!

I'm working on getting some quilt tops prepped for quilting.  My Scrappy Trip Along has been waiting for a year (this week!) to get quilted.  I've held back because I wanted to add borders to this top to make a bit bigger for my bed.

Now that I'm looking at it, I'm wondering if the green outer border is going to be too much for the quilt.  My thought is to do a small inner containment border of a white; no wider than 2" finished and then a 4" - 5" finished outer border.

Thoughts?  Too much with all the scrappiness?  I really want to use this yardage because that's what I bought it for.  I really don't want to throw it into a tub and use it "some day".

I have one more thing to show you but that will have to wait until tomorrow.  :)

Enjoy your day!
Jen  :)

Tripping the Scrap Fantasic

Scrappy.  It's not something I gravitate to.  I like order and coordination.  If you read my previous post, you know that I got rid of a lot of scraps.  They were just cluttering up my sewing room and my head.  Valuable space needed for something else.

There has been a project taking over Instagram and blogland the last few weeks.  A Scrappy Trip Along (#scrappytripalong).  I was ignoring it for several reasons:
1.  It's scrappy - not for me
2.  I have plenty of other projects, old and new, to keep me busy
3.  Did I mention it's scrappy and not for me?

I was doing okay for a while there.  I really was.  Then I took a peek to see what all the ruckus was about.  Hmmmmm.  Block construction is simple enough.  Trying in vain to hold back, let me see how quick it is to get one block together.

Well, here it is... 35 blocks later.  5x7 layout.  It needs a border or two to make it big enough for my bed.  I'm thinking a thin, white containment border and a wider, maybe 6", print.  Not sure on the print because there is just so much going on in the blocks but my LQS has yardage of "Gypsy Girl" and I want to get some and use it.  Gypsy Girl backing for sure.

I'm happy to have this done and off my mind. I can now move onto putting the binding on my Easter table runner that has been waiting for its binding for over 2 years now.  But now I have a ton of 2.5" strips cut.  I MAY make another one for Punk because this one is MINE but hers will have to wait.  I'm kind of tired of sewing with all those strips and matching up seams to get the rows to line up right.  Just don't look to closely at it.  LOL.

Enjoy your day!
Jen