There’s always more fabric – isn’t that true!  This is the third post in the Quilt Backing Leftovers Challenge; you can find the first post by clicking here. 

The last post listed three ways to use up the leftovers; this post exists because I left out one special way to use up leftovers – 

There are always one or two new projects that show up in one social media feed or another that I want to try out. Finding time is one thing, but sometimes it’s also wondering what fabric to use to make it. What if I don’t like the project and I regret using special fabric?


Sometimes what also happens is that the more I look at a fabric, the more likely I am to find a project that it would look good in:)


Case in point – I used some of the backing leftovers trimmed to 2 1/2″ strips and cut some more batik strips to go with them.

Then I went back to a lookbook I had gone through and decided I could change the pattern enough to make it fun and doable. The giant leaf is supposed to be ‘it’ with no background. Instead I used my machine’s blanket stitch to applique the leaf to a black background.


Here’s a link to Jessica Swift’s blog post that has a photo of the leaf project and a link to her lookbook – it’s for her second line of fabric with Art Gallery.

Then I quilted it with a batik fat quarter on the back. You can see from the photo that I  quilted in the ditch between each strip to secure the layers; I’m pretty sure it will get used and need to be washed!