My Current Bonus Quilt!...

I love to multi-task...don't you?

Yesterday I told you about my

love of vintage sheets
and about the quilts that I'm in the

process of making with them.

Like you...I always have

several projects going on...

and one way I accomplish getting them 

sewn is by using my

"bonus quilt"  method.

This is how I'm making my currant 
"bonus quilt"
using vintage sheets:)

Basically what that means is that when

I am sewing blocks ...

Like for instance this block above…

when I am doing clothesline stitching on the segments there is alot of starting and stopping and trimming of threads.

To avoid this...I simply start by sewing

2 vintage sheet squares together...

 and when I get to the end...

I leave them under the presser foot

with the needle down...

And start to feed my block segments

under the foot without trimmming thread

or lifting the foot up.

When I finish with the clothesline stitching...I leave them under the

presser foot with the needle down

and begin to feed 2 more vintage sheet squares under the foot for sewing.

Like this.

I continue sewing this way...

alternating between vintage sheet squares

 and FW block segments...

Never lifting up the presser foot.

Look mom!...

I'm sewing 2 quilts at a time!

And when my block is complete...

Or when  have finished sewing for the day...I just leave the last set of vintage sheet squares under the presser foot with the needle down...waiting for my next sewing time:)

You would be suprised how much I get accomplished this way….

and how many bonus quilts I've made.

I'm sure most of you have heard about

this or are already using this method...

it's sew fun..isn't it?

I've taught this to many 

students over the years...

I've always called them my 

bonus projects:)

Because I have been doing it for years

I have made many scrappy happy quilts this way using my leftovers:)

Many quilters have used and

 taught this little trick!

Recently Bonnie Hunter published a book using this tried and true method and she calls it "leaders and enders"

 a great name that describes it perfectly:)

It's such a great time saver that our grandma's would be proud of:)

Another "bonus" besides saving time

 and having a new quilt

 when using my "bonus quilt" method

is the no wasting of

precious expensive thread!

I dug this out of the little trash bin

that I keep by my machine just to show

 you how much I wasted this week during my easy corner triangle tutorials.

(I didn't want my vintage sheet squares in the tutorial photos...so that you wouldn't wonder what the heck they were..lol)

Wasting thread...not a pretty picture:)

Have a wonderful weekend my friends...

I hope you get a little time to do everything your heart desires:)

xx

Lori