Pink is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color for January. I used most of my small pink scraps except for strings and crumbs and larger chunks (greater than a six inch square and less than a Fat Quarter (FQ)). So for this week's color pink I dug out an old UFO that needs some pink.
I made one complete block and then in January 2024 I made the remaining 11 Stars but did not add the backgrounds.
This week I dug out the Stars and pink background fabric, cut pieces and added backgrounds to 8 Stars.
It's a good thing that a long time ago I had looked for errata because the pattern in the book was incorrect as far as cutting the background pieces. If I had followed the pattern as written I would have ended up with a lot of pieces that were too small. It's also a good thing I looked for that errata a long time ago and documented it on the book page because I see that the link to the errata is no longer valid.
I rarely follow a pattern to make most quilts but there are some more challenging ones I want to make so buy books or patterns by various designers just for the challenging instructions or templates. Unfortunately I have come across errors in those books and patterns more often than not and that does not make me a happy camper. It's like gettting damaged merchandise that can't be returned.
So anyway...this is the quilt I'm making - Blueberry Farm by Edyta Sitar found in the book Scrappy Firework Quilts. I've renamed my quilt to Peace Patch.
I found a new link for the errata in the book. FYI -there are two other patterns in the book with errors.
I've decided that these blocks will move forward all the way to the TBQ (to be quilted) pile and not go into the UFO bin of partially made blocks and parts or into the SAR (some assembly required) bin. I had not previously decided upon sashing for the blocks - the sashing columns are different from the sashing between stars in the columns. I looked around in my brown fabrics and I think I have enough of that seedy looking fabric for the column sashing. The sashing between stars in the pattern is strip pieced with a couple of different fabrics but I am thinking I might just use the pink and brown floral if I have enough of it.
And sew on...
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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)
The past years I've been doing a lot of scrub brush trimming (for new gardens) with pruner and lopper which is hard on the hands after awhile. Sometimes I use the chain saw which is gettting to be a bit much for this old lady to handle. I bought myself a new small lightweight battery operated mini chain saw that can cut branches up to six inches in diameter. I'm ready for warmer weather!