After being tempted for years, I finally made myself a bookshelf quilt!
I recently sorted my scrap fabric by color, so I used those bins and made a variety of books. I didn't use a pattern, I just made each book 12 inches tall and just loosely placed them on a design wall until the quilt came together. I intentionally made the books on the edges easy to trim down so I had some flexibility in the width once it was time to piece the quilt together.
I varied the books - some have a horizontal strip or two, some have vertical "book plates," and some have nothing at all.
My favorites are the books that have colorful selvedges as their book plates. I've been saving (hoarding?) these for years, so it was fun to finally use them for a project.
I also placed a camera on the bookshelf, because obviously photos have always been a big part of my life. This camera is cut from a cute vintage camera print from Hobby Lobby.
The backing and binding are both "gradients" by Moda.
I love how it turned out and I am so excited to hang it on the wall in my sewing room. This is definitely a happy quilt!
I CANNOT believe this is my 99th quilt! I have something really fun in mind for my 100th quilt! You can view all of my quilts here.
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