Saturday, November 2, 2013

Brown Scrap Postage Stamps and some Yuckies


This month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color is brown. I love brown. Most of my clothes are brown. Strangely enough...most of my quilts are not. 

I made two 49 patch postage stamp brown/cream blocks to add to my collection which now numbers 9 and finished off a black and white one left over from last month. Forgot to count how many black/white I have in total now. 

And...for the yucky prize...here are two brown scraps which are going to remain brown scraps. I attempted to make a couple of baskets from the scraps but they got too stretched out of shape and the sides don't have enough seam allowance one one side so I pitched them into the wonky block scrap file.  Maybe I'll try again later but make them in a different way than the instructions state.  I was going to embroider on chain stitch handles in brown perle #5 but, like I said...yucky. Glad I only wasted scraps on them. 

Hope to get more brown scraps used up next week. Had to take my 9 year old granddaughter shopping today and I hate shopping. Her birthday was on Halloween.  I never know what to buy anymore so shopping spree it was so she could pick out her own gifts.  I get to do it all again in 5 weeks when my other granddaughter turns 9 on Pearl Harbor Day. 

What are some other ladies doing with their brown scraps this week?  You won't find out unless you get over to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge linky party at SoScrappy.  I'll probably go visit all the blogs after dinner or tomorrow morning with coffee in hand. I promised the DGDs I'd play a few games later on. 



9 comments:

Ellen said...

Fabulous brown scraps - I always spend some time looking them over to see if I have any of the same ones!

scraphappy said...

Beautiful brown postage stamp blocks! As for the yuckies, you never know when they will come in handy. There is so much less quilt guilt when they were "only" scraps to start.
Hope the shopping was fun. I do the same now for my daughter's birthday's -- they get what the want AND it is fun time together.

Sheila said...

Love your brown scraps and postage stamp blocks. I've made yuck blocks before. haha.

Julie in GA said...

Great looking postage stamp blocks!
We have all made some blocks that didn't work out as hoped.

Quilter Kathy said...

Wonderful postage stamp blocks... such a great way to use up scraps!

Cathy Tomm said...

Love the postage stamp blocks. I think the basket on the left is OK but yes Yuck stretched out block on the right.

Vic in NH said...

How about a pair of yucky potholders with chopped off points and liberated borders? I love those cinnamon toast browns all together, yummy!

Deb@asimplelifequilts said...

Your browns are gorgeous and those blocks look so fun to make!

Deb A said...

Love the postage stamp blocks. Have you planned what they will become? Kids are very difficult to buy for. I resorted to giving $ to my nieces and nephews a long time ago. Although - movie passes to their local cinema worked for a year or two around ages 9-12.