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 I shared some finished placemats earlier this month, but this is the first quilt finish of 2022.

I had a number of navy-blue leftover binding strips and large blue chunks in my scrap bins.  So I wanted to make a project that used them up.  I am also wanting to clean out the tiny crumbs from my scrap bins - so this quilt really helped meet those two goals.

 My initial plan was to be sharing a quilt finish today.  But I am going to have to settle with just having the finished quilt top to share.

But I did finally finish them this week.  And I have to admit, I am really pleased with how it turned out.

This project really cleaned out all the ...

 First of all, sorry I missed the link up last week.  It was a first in the nine years I have been hosting this weekly event.  I totally lost track of time and before I knew it, Sunday was half over.  So, feel free to link up your older post if you like.

I have been busy sewing these scrappy bits together.

Originally my plan was to sew them in horizontal strips like this.

I really do like how this looks...

 Not too recently, I had my blue scrap bin out.  After sorting out some pieces I wanted, I realized the bin was still so stuffed and overflowing, I could not slide it back into its home.

It has sat in the middle of my sewing room floor waiting for me to do something about it.

After much thinking, I finally came up with an idea. Most of my darker blue scraps are wider strings.  I also have a lot of dark blue leftover bindings already cut at 2.5" wide.  So, I decided to cut them to 8.5" lengths ...