I made four 12.5 inch red crumb blocks for last week's Rainbow Scrap Challenge and this week I made 2 more 12.5 inch crumb blocks for a total of 6 large crumb blocks.
The 6 large crumb blocks then turned into 24.5 inch stars.
I didn't think I had enough crumbs for those large star points. And it seemed ridiculous to cut up some reds only to sew them together again to look like I had red scraps galore. So I used up some smaller pieces of different reds for the star points. And, I has a large piece of blue in my stash...
...so I used that for background and now I have a quilt top approximately 60x80 (believe it or not) that, when quilted, will be a donation to Quilts of Valor.
To see what everyone else is doing with red scraps visit Scrap Happy Saturday at SoScrappy.
And...believe it or not...I still have some red scraps left!
13 comments:
What a fantastic idea! All inspired by tiny bits...so cool!
What a great quilt! Great idea.
This is really lovely! I like that deep blue--it really sets off those stars so well,hugs, Julierose
Good work! Quick, too!
I love those stars and how you used crumbs for centers. Great QOV.
Kathy T. in Tampa
What a great way to use those red scraps--I love it!!
Cathy, I loved what you did with the scrappy blocks & now I love what you have done with them. They look great!
What a neat use of crumb blocks! Love the look of the big red stars against the blue.
They look great. What a clever idea!
So great. Love the extra big stars.
What a great quilt. Love how it came to be. Using up all the little bits is so satisfying.
What a great quilt and so neat that you were able to use up so many tiny pieces to make such a pretty quilt.
Wow those are some big stars! Love the crumb piecing centers!
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