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./

In Flanders Fields ..

the poppies grow, row on row.

As a special remembrance of our veterans, I will be selling these special edition poppies between now and Veteran's Day.    Just $1 each (plus shipping and handling).   The proceeds for each poppy will go to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

To order, just use the Contact form on the right to get in touch with me.


I hope I have to make a lot of these.

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