Scrappy Saturday

Yellow blocks with accidental shadow

I got my 6 log-cabin blocks done for the month. I think this is it for me for yellow scraps. 

I went to my guild's quilt show this weekend which was fabulous. So many gorgeous quilts. I took lots of pictures of great scrap quilts that I might want to draw inspiration from for future projects. 

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Heart block and alternate in yellow

I finished the heart block in this month's RSC24 color and have gotten a good start on the log-cabin blocks. I decided they needed to be a little bit bigger so I am adding another round to the previous month's blocks as well as doing the yellow ones. 

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ALL my yellow scraps

I knew it would happen eventually, and now it has. The RSC24 color for this month is yellow. Decidedly NOT my favorite color.

This week I went through my orange/yellow bin and pulled out all the yellows. Most of them were in a jumbled-up bag of very little pieces (what my ex-husband called scrippy-scraps). Now all the yellows I have are cut into usable pieces (or thrown into the dog-bed-bag). I have a few pieces of yellow yardage (most pieces are 1/2-yard-ish), but mostly just squares and strips now.

I will make the heart block and alternate in yellow, and the 6 log-cabin blocks. Not sure if I will do anything else with yellow this month, but I do have a lot of it, so I should probably figure out a design for a charity quilt that will use up a lot of 2" squares. Design suggestions welcome!

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Friday Finish - Dog Quilt

I finished the cheater quilt for the dog. It was a good opportunity to practice the "swirl meander" quilting pattern. 

The dog seems to like it.
 

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Purple Pickle Dish Blocks

This week I finished my 4 purple pickle-dish blocks. These went together easier than the red ones did. I discovered that it works better for me to sew with the background pieces on the top when I attach them to the curves. The directions I am using (from a 1998 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine) say to do this the other way, but I found that led me to a lot of unsewing when the background pieces got caught in the seams. I made notes on the directions so when I get back to these blocks I will know how it worked best. Not sure which color will be best for the 3rd set of these blocks, but will see what choices come up.  

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Scrappy purple blocks

I finished my 6 log cabin blocks in purple, I still need to put together the 4 pickle dish blocks I have cut pieces for. 

Last week I visited Little Penguin Quilts, another RSC participant, and was inspired by the adorable heart blocks she is making with her rainbow scraps to do the same. Several years ago I started cutting scraps into standard sizes when I am cutting fabric for projects and I have a box full of 2" squares. I am going to start making heart blocks and filler blocks with my squares in each month's color. I made purple, red, and green blocks for this so I am caught up and ready for next month's color. 

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