Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Snippet Fun!

 My local “Kaleidoscope” quilt group had such a fun project this month. We made “snippet” quilts. 


 We each brought our own supplies: An inspirational image (painting, photograph, etc.) a roughly 10” square of batting and backing, scissors, glue stick and a bag of scraps. 
This Henry Isaacs painting was my inspiration. 

 Each person starts her own quilt by cutting and gluing pieces onto the batting. After 5 minutes, we pass the quilt, the picture and our bag of scraps (keeping our own scissors and glue stick) along to the person to our right. Each person has 5 minutes before they have to pass it along to the next person. We allotted around 30 minutes, so 6 people had their input onto each quilt. We had a ball!

This is after the fourth person was finished – two more to go. 


 In the end you simply add tulle (I used a light green) over the entire piece (to keep the little pieces contained) and quilt and bind it. 

This is the one I made last time we did this, over 10 years ago! 
I glued the inspiration picture on the back next to my label. 

If your group is looking for something fun to do, I highly recommend it. 


15 comments:

  1. Sounds like a fun (if not a tad intimidating) group project! I think I'd be a bit paralyzed only having 5 min. on each project. HA I think the most recent project looks way more like it's inspiration but they are both great.

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  2. It turned out so nice. And what great memories of friends and fun. It is a cool idea, I'll have to share it with my group.

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  3. That looks like such fun! I need to show this to our quilt ministry group, hope they agree.

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  4. Wendy preciosos los dos y una idea muy, muy divertida.
    Saludos

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  5. That sounds like a fabulously fun activity, Wendy! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Oh my goodness Wendy, that looks absolutely fantastic, I love it!
    *hugs*
    Tazzie
    :-)

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  7. This sounds like crazy fun lol!Great for a retreat 😀

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  8. This sounds like such a lot of fun, and I love your wee boats. Thanks for the idea.

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  9. What fun to see the inspiration painting and the finished piece which is fantastic! I think I would freeze in the midst of free-form playtime :) Love the one from 10 years ago, too :)

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  10. I love this piece and the process. I want to do this with my small group. What fun!

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  11. What a fun, creatively stretching activity. Both of your pieces look really good. Wish I could just sit and watch the activity. I'll bet it would be fascinating to see the 5-minute frenzy after each rotation. :)

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  12. What fun! Definitely saving this idea for my quilt group's retreat!

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  13. This is a great idea. I love making snippet quilts, and having a short deadline would help get over any decision hurdles - just do it and move it on to the next person.

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