Finally Finished - Grams Scrap Quilt!!

Well the project that began last fall (September maybe?) is now officially complete and sitting in my closet with my other blankets. (Although I have brought it out to show everyone from my friends to the UPS man.) This quilt began as strips of fabric rolled around toilet paper rolls - enough rolls to fill a really large (clothes size) ziplock bag. Rus' grandma had saved every scrap, it seemed, from the last 20 or 30 or 40 years. Some were only a few inches long and some were only 1/2" wide. There were scraps of every color and pattern and the real time consuming part was sorting all of the different strips into similar colors and sizes. I sewed the strips together to make a piece that was at least 7 1/2" wide and then cut it into square blocks. There were enough scraps left over after making all of the blocks to make a 3" border around the whole quilt (my favorite part, I think). The backing is brown and cream and is folded over to make the binding. I quilted this on my mother-in-law's long arm quilter with a random squiggly pattern. Given that it was my first time quilting something I don't think I did too bad, and really it wasn't very hard. I think when I have a guest room with a guest bed this blanket will go on it.
Hooray for a finished project!!