Play in a Time of Isolation

I took a short break from sewing masks this week to play.  What would you do if a friend of yours asked you if you could use this little pile of gorgeous cotton strips?

I said I would take them, having absolutely no idea how I would use them. Still to the scrap lover in me, they were irresistible---all perfect and coordinated, each measuring about 1x14 inch.  

When I got home I laid them on a table in the studio and there they sat for 3 months. 

This week when I decided to play. This is what I came up with. 

 I lined several up side by side atop a piece of batting. 
Then I wove additional strips in perpendicular to the first strips.

I stitched around the edge of the entire piece, and then stitched each line down going back and forth from top to bottom. 

Then I squared the piece up, adding backing and put a border on.  To complete a small quilt that could be used as a mug rug or a hot pad for my teapot.

Of course Matilda is always supervising.