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Confetti Scraps

Hello Dear Friends and Readers and a warm welcome to today’s post. I am writing to you today from Tokyo, Japan.
I am taking part in a special tour. Today we went to Kitchijoji for a special workshop. I managed to catch a glimpse of Mt Fuji in the distance while we were on the train.

I have to share with you some news about scraps! Well it turns out, that there is a use for those “unusable” tiny scraps after all! And guess what? They can all be used, even some like breadcrumbs!!!

This may be good or bad news to you in terms of using those small scraps after all. No pressure but this was fun.

In the words of Bonnie Hunter, if you don’t like a fabric, you haven’t cut it small enough!! I don’t think that this is what she meant, however it does take it to a new level.

We met with Noriko Endo who makes Confetti Naturescapes. Imagine a fine tapestry and that is the type of feel these quilts have at the end but more embellished with free motion quilting.

Making a Confetti Naturescape

Noriko had everything ready for us and she instructed us to cut up tiny pieces of fabric to prepare for our quilts.

With backing fabric and batting at the ready, we arranged our tiny scraps to make a nature scene. When the fabrics were in place, they were covered with a piece of fine black tulle. We then free motion quilted over the top to set it all in place with a very fine thread in a meandering pattern.

Following that some small pieces were applied as a second layer to incorporate some tree trunks and small embellishments. I added some small flowers and pieces to look like toadstools. Then Noriko added some magic dustings of fine bits of fabric. Then the second layer of.tulle was applied and another session of free motion quilting in a meandering pattern just to hold everything down.