Fun with Nickel Patches

Nickel patches are squares of fabric that are 5 inches x 5 inches.  Hence the name.   At my local fabric store, they are also 5 cents.   So I often stop in to pick some up, planning to use them in small projects, or add variety to a scrap quilt.

Apparently, I stop by quite often.   I went today because the quilt fabric at the store was on sale for 25% off.  Even the nickel patches.   Yeah, I am cheap, I like patches for even less than 5 cents. The nice lady at the counter recognized me.   She asked me if I had ever made a quilt out of all the patches I bought.   I showed her the picture of the sashed 4 patch I finished recently.   I used nickel patches for the 4 patches.   She liked it.

Usually I only buy 1 of each fabric, but I also found some really cool patches to make a block for the toys my friends and I are making for the Family Justice Center.   Right now we have an uneven number and it was driving me nuts.   Then I saw this particular fabric and realized it would make an awesome block.   Sometimes, it just works out.  So I bought 4 of those and will use a nice coordinating fabric for the rest of the block.

Isn't that some really cool fabric?


I wound up buying 25 patches for $1.   Told you I was cheap./

Giving Tuesday - Virtual Quilting Bee

It's here!  It's here!.   It's Giving Tuesday.   That wonderful day of the year that we give rather than overspend.

We are going to have a quilting bee where we work on our charitable projects.   Need not be quilting, I am not that picky.   Feel free to chat and share in the comments.   I have turned comment moderation off for the day so you can chat easily.   But keep it civil (remember the day).   If spam sneaks in, just ignore it.

I won't be able to be here much because I wound up with two hearings today.    But, I will participate when I can.

For today, I designed a special quilt block.   My first foray into applique.

 Every donation made to one of the charities on the side today, will have one of these blocks made.   Let's get a whole quilt made shall we?   Share this post with your friends so we can get there.  Don't forget to let me know through the form that you donated.


Let's start chatting.