Have you ever seen a lobster quilt?

This is part of my quilt group, the Strip Piecers, tying our first group project last night. We each string pieced three 24-inch 6 inch strips from our scraps and then I sewed it all together into a 60 by 80 top. This quilt is going to the relief organization Mennonite Central Commitee to be sent overseas. We have images of someone in a refugee camp not being able to sleep because she's distracted by the huge variety of fabrics in darks and brights, including some novelty prints. One person put her leftover lobster fabric in her strips, and since I had yardage in the same fabric, I used it for the borders. Otherwise, when would I get a chance to use it?

We tied it with many hues of embroidery thread given to one woman, and with a backing and batting from the relief organization, this blanket didn't cost us anything. Truly a something from nothing project, except we had lots of fun and laughs making it.