Sunday, February 1, 2015

Bye Bye Blue - Hello Pinky-ness

This is the last week of concentrating on blue scraps from the blue bin!! True confessions, I have a whole year of blue still in that bin. Although, now that they have been sorted, it will be easier to dip in there is I do get a case of the blues throughout the year. But in the meantime I have made the two sampler-in-blue blocks for the RSC15 feature challenge quilt.


I have made a few 16 patch for a second RSC15 challenge quilt (and clearly sewed ahead - my bad). There is another idea brewing here.



I have made a Blue Slab Quilt that is ready for quilting. There should be a picture of that completed happy quilt in a few weeks.
Over this past week I needed to concentrate on the skinny strings and odd bits in the blue bin and create a few (!) string blocks. These are 6.5", but if I set them in a Sawtooth Star Block as well, and played along with the colour of the month then I would have another RSC15 Challenge Quilt. This time making the Sawtooth Star block in corresponding colours, ie: light blues for backgrounds for blue strings and light green backgrounds for green string etc etc...????? I should have a sample ready for next week...so many ideas so little time. Oh, and look it appears that pink is already playing along, and ummm another yellow block snuck in.
I mean it not like I am going to run out of fabric, and this is what we call working in a series.
However, now it is time to turn our thoughts to using up the pinks. Such a lovely colour to be bringing into the mix. I have long loved Bonnie Hunter's Roll Roll Cotton Boll, and jumped right in and made all of the neutral string blocks, er...a few years ago.

And made 250 of the required 600 2" hst's. So that is what got me going on it again. As I am making my hst's blue instead of her red. And now mercifully the colour pink is required in 120 hst's for the center medallion of each block. Out come the pinks in earnest.
The start of another rug. As I prepare my fabrics I trim off the selvedges and roll them into a ball awaiting the take along project time and crochet another rug.
I had made one complete block and set it in it's corner presentation. I am loving this quilt.
3 1/2" strips of pink ready to meet their brown other-half in the production line of 120 hst's.
To see what other lovely blue to pink scrap happiness is going on at SoScrappy, check this out. Warning, it is getting more exciting each week...just sayin'.

Happiest in my studio

Love and hugs
Kathy

16 comments:

  1. Wow! I think you may have out-paced me in January. Such a productive month... Congrats!!!

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    1. Thank you. I am quite excited about all of these, especially the 16 patch centres.

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  2. Now that I am making aprons I have tons of scraps. Is that how a person gets into quilting? Tons of scraps?

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    1. Sarah that is ONE way for sure. The other is the desire to make quilts..simple as that. :)

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    1. Thank you. I am happiest in my studio...unless there are grandchildren in the vicinity, then I where the action is.

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  4. Very productive--WOW! Love that blue slabs quilt--really neat!! Hugs, Julierose

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    1. Thank you. Yes, I too love that slab quilt. My friend Kerry wants to practise her LA ruler work on it, so off it goes this week. I am a excited to see what she does with it.

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  5. You have lots of fun projects going on. Looking forward to seeing all of these come together at the end of the year.

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    1. Thank you. I love them all, but most excited about the 16 patch centre stars...and the string blocks...ah...well all of it.

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  6. Wow! You have been busy. I'm looking forward to seeing your pink crochet rug.

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    1. Thank you Sheila. It is always fun. The "pinks" rug will hold lots of memories of February, and any other selvedges that get tossed my way will also go into it from my friends in the guild. It takes a lot of selvedges.

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  7. Love those star blocks with the black and white backgrounds.. Ohhhh.... do I feel another quilt coming on?????? :-)

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    1. Thank you Debra. I know, it is almost bordering on delirium the number of ideas we get from looking at one another's pages! But thanks for the endorsement of mine.

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  8. Your colors for that roll roll cotton boll are lovely as are all your other RBSC pieces. I know what you are talking about with so many ideas looming around. I have to continuously stop the monkey chatter in my head to focus on what's at hand so I can try to keep it real, notice I said try. LOL Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment.
    I'd be thrilled for you to borrow my idea of the winter hat and mitten tree for next year's event. The grand children helped make the hats and we had fun in 1/2 hour segments Seemed like it was tedious for them for any longer period of time. There are actually two different size hats, one from a toilet paper sized empty roll and the other is a smaller circumference paper roll that some oils were shipped to me in.

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  9. Thank you so much for your comments. Monkey Chatter vs. Focus. That could be the name of my next poverty pieced scrap quilt!! Thanks for the visual. I did a deep-six clean of the closet behind by sewing chair last night and found all sorts of things that require my attention, er ... forcus once again. So many ideas, so little time.

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