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Definitely not a one-hour basket

Remember the two panels of scraps I share as part of Scraptastic Tuesday? Well I'd really hoped to show the final finished item back then, too. I finally finished it last night and waited until this morning drizzle to photograph it.



The pattern is the one-hour basket by Kelby Sews. And I guess once I'd finished piecing those panels, it really did take less than an hour to finish it completely.



There are some truly treasured scraps in this basket - from some of my earliest quilts: Swoon, Oh My Stars, Chasing Chevrons, Neon Stained, the red and green one, Rhubarb and Custard. And I'm going to get to look at it every time I sew because this basket of scraps is a basket for scraps.


I used scraps of binding for the handles!
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Diane-crewe said…
it looks wonderful ... and think of all the memories every time you use it xx
20 June 2015 at 11:43
Myra @ Busy Hands Quilts said…
That is a keeper for sure!
20 June 2015 at 18:18
Lin said…
Great basket Jennie - and lots of memories too. xx
21 June 2015 at 12:48
Kay said…
This is a very happy basket with all of your precious scraps. I have made lots of these as presents, they are fun to do and easy to fill with other things for a perfect present. x
21 June 2015 at 15:23
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