It’s like the story of “the loaves and the fishes”—where one fabric panel turns into five quilts!
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| Scrappy kitty quilts with a panel block. |
I found this cat panel on the sale shelf at a quilt shop in Louisville, KY. Instead of using the panel in its entirety, I’m cutting out the individual vignettes and mixing them with various scraps to make a few improv kitty quilts.
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| Second quilt top from a panel image. |
The first three quilt tops are complete.
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| Third quilt top from a block cut from the panel. |
The two remaining vignettes from the panel will become quilt tops as well… for a total of five.
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| Cutting up the panel into smaller blocks. |
This is one way to use a panel in your quiltmaking to make your fabric go further. This panel afforded a focal point for five projects. Using improvisational patchwork, the scrap basket becomes another resource and puts leftover fabric bits to good use.
Don’t you love these fast and fun, scrappy little quilts?? I do!
