courtyard-a completed quilt

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I'm calling this the courtyard quilt. It's just a slab of fabric scraps (all solids!) surrounded by Essex linen in flax. I love the simplicity and I think I actually prefer the scraps floating on a solid background rather than an entire quilt made from scraps. The negative space highlights the patchwork quite nicely. It was pieced very much like my scrap vortex quilts. (Those tutorials can be found here, if you scroll to the bottom of the page.)

On quilts like this I enjoy mixing up the quilting. For the patchwork, I quilted it with straight lines 1/2" apart. The background is quilted with a loopy swirl. Both types of quilting were done on my domestic machines. The free motion quilting was done on my Juki and the straight line quilting was done on my Janome. I used Auriful thread in the color 2600.

For the back, I used this cute firefly print by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller from her Wee Wander line. I love this print so much! The binding fabric is a Denyse Schmidt plaid (from JoAnn's, several years ago). I love that it's printed on the bias...such visual appeal without having to make bias binding. The colors and design are the perfect finish for this quilt. All of this fabric came from the stash or the scrap bins. That's extremely satisfying!

 The quilt measures about 48" x 64". It's scrap project #193.

Now, it's your turn! Do you have a finish to share? If so, please link up! Thank you, as always, for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 1-20-17

1.	Eva.Bambi,Johansson	60.	Rene Creates
2.	This Way and That Way	61.	Sarah Goer Quilts
3.	Alycia Quilts	62.	Sandra @ mmm! quilts
4.	svetlana@sotakhandmade	63.	Scrap quilt for Charity - Karen
5.	kate @ katiemaequilts	64.	A sneak peak at my solo show opening soon
6.	Pink Doxies Challenge Charity Quilt	65.	Log Cabin Baby Quilt Top in the Snow
7.	Sarah @ CraftBite	66.	Bernie @ Needle & Foot
8.	smilesfromkate	67.	Socks! @ Knit 1 Make 2
9.	Adaliza	68.	Shelley@TheCarpentersDaughter
10.	Michelle's Romantic Tangle	69.	TracyBugCreative
11.	Christina @ Christina's Handicrafts	70.	Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts
12.	Kat & Cat Quilts	71.	Fabric Scrap Mini Canvas Art Tutorial
13.	Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty	72.	Heidi @ Buttons and Butterflies
14.	Spring Ring @ The Amateur Librarian	73.	Kim @PersimonDreams
15.	Bugs	74.	Alison@thechainpiecer
16.	Rachel @ Quilt Or Dare - Celtic Knots	75.	Pack Rat With A Plan
17.	2x Knitted Socks	76.	Walkers Road Quilts
18.	Pastor's Attic Quilt, the 24TH Block	77.	tubakk Norway
19.	Emily Bailey	78.	Karen @ runsewfun
20.	Solstice Challenge & the Two Step	79.	something rosemade
21.	Johnna @ Yellow Bird Stitches	80.	Kathy S.
22.	My Imperfect Life	81.	Triangle Quilt @ Simple Crafty Life
23.	Jelly Roll Wave + Finished or Not Friday + TGIFF	82.	Sunshine Kwilts
24.	Monsterpalooza @ Savor Every Stitch	83.	Arabesque Scissors - Princess Peach Romper
25.	Ariane Quilts	84.	Deana
26.	Carie @ Space for the Butterflies	85.	Kris@SewSunshine
27.	Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs	86.	Kris@SewSunshine
28.	Luna Lovequilts	87.	Jenn @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge
29.	2 finishes and a quilty goal	88.	Peekamoose Mountain Quilts
30.	Małgorzata	89.	Kristin @ a little crispy: 52 zippers week 3
31.	here's the sich	90.	Quilts & Such
32.	Angela @ betterndogbiscuits red&white	91.	Kathy@KayakQuilting
33.	Nancy@PugMom Quilts!	92.	Cheryl Arkison
34.	Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict	93.	QATA- Midnight at the oasis quilt
35.	Black Sheep	94.	Anja @ Anja Quilts
36.	Bunny's Tale	95.	Treadlestitches Hour Glass Finish
37.	Windy Hill Farm Quilt	96.	Country Spirit @ LoGoQuilts
38.	Julie in GA	97.	Patch the Giraffe
39.	A Finish	98.	Terri Faust Quilts
40.	Brenda@scraps and strings	99.	Tammy the traveler
41.	Ruth@StitchingImpressions	100.	En Provence
42.	Snowcatcher	101.	Fabric Hand Warmers
43.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	102.	Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts
44.	Janeen@QuiltArtDeigns	103.	Elaine from Emily's Cupboard
45.	Cathy Tomm -Tuffet	104.	Susan's Quilt Creations
46.	Amy@The Turquoise Button	105.	Shelley@TheCarpentersDaughter 2
47.	Miss Alissa	106.	maggie
48.	Play - Elm Street Quilts - an Improv QAL	107.	Tanya Quilts in CO
49.	eh! Lindasquiltmania	108.	4 Quilts @ Grace and Peace Quilting
50.	Shauna's World	109.	Even more rainbow fun
51.	Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts	110.	Grateful Dona
52.	The Colorful Fabriholic	111.	Raw edge applique work
53.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	112.	Janice@singreadsew
54.	Quilting Gail	113.	Little Quiltsong
55.	steffis hobbys: Kaleidoskop	114.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts
56.	The Inside Stori	115.	Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine
57.	Wendy's Quilts and More	116.	Mihaela
58.	KatyQuilts	117.	Frankie Baldwin
59.	We made a Baby!	118.	bee - Buzzing Around

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