Showbox Cover - #12 April

We were preparing for a birthday party for both boys.  The party was the first weekend in April.  Preparations included hanging stuff on the walls.  One of the other things that I wanted to get completed was the showbox cover.  I did get the binding finished Friday night before the party.

Before this showbox cover was completed, I had been using two tablerunners to cover the same area.  I am not sure why I think I need to cover the showbox . . . the original purpose of the showbox was to hold show supplies for the market steers at the Blaine County Fair.  Steers kicked and jumped over the showbox; show supplies including black hoof polish have been spilled on it; and, mostly, people just sat on the show box passing away the fair days.  Silly for it to have a cover now, it seems, but I guess since the showbox now lives in the house, it can have a cover to make it look more "warm".

Each of the little blocks is comprised of scraps that are smaller than 1 1/2 inches.  The blocks are 4 1/2 inches unfinished.  It looks like I used a lot of scraps to create this showbox cover but there are still a lot of scraps left living at my house.  I have 2 paper boxes full of scraps.  That is a lot when it doesn't appear that I even make a dent using the scraps with a project like this.

Here is a closer look at the little scrappy crazy blocks:

I think the little scrappy crazy blocks are cute.  But they do take a lot of time to create.  Sue at Trackside Quilting says I have those two paper boxes labeled "Fabric too small to use".  The label on the box is really scraps smaller than 1 1/2 inches.  And I can use those scraps.  But it will take forever!