Pink 3.5 Plus 2

Dove in the Window

10.5 inch finished

I've been emptying most of my scrap bins and boxes over the last couple of years. I 've completely emptied the 4.5, 3.5 and 2.5 inch scrap bins and boxes, almost emptied the 1.5 inch bin and really need to work on the 2 inch scraps.  And now I am also working to reduce scrap "chunks" which are stored by color and consists of anything less than a FQ and more than 4.5 inches.  

Last quarter I decided on several blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge that all use 3.5 and 2 inch scraps. So this year hopefully between the scrap chunks and 2 inch scrap bin I will have the makings of several scrappy quilts at year end, an empty 2 inch scrap bin and far fewer scrap chunks. 

Buckeye Beauty

6 inch finished

RSC color of the month combined with shirt scraps or black multicolor scraps or dark red scraps. 

Top: Propellers (7.5 finished) in RSC color of the month, gray scrap backgrounds, red scrap + ends from 2 inch scrap bin and black multicolor centers from 2 inch scrap bin. 

Bottom: X+ (7.5 finished) all in RSC  color of the month. 

Antique Tiles

9 inches finished

All in dark, medium, light RSC colors 

Uneven Nine Patch

6 inch finished

3.5 inch centers and 2 inch corner stones in RSC colors that don't need to match the centers. Light neutral scraps for sides. 

Shoofly

4.5 inch finished

Solid backgrounds (in RSC colors) and waste triangles and 2 inch squares. I started these several months ago as one of my projects to use waste triangles. 

After all those blocks were made I picked out all the pink scraps and low volume scraps from the 2 inch bin and if there were two squares I made four patches for the Parts Department. I did the same with any 3.5 inch scraps remaining after I made all my blocks. 

If there weren't two squares for the four patches then I cut squares for the Parts Department. Or if there was a 3.5 x 2.5 piece I cut it for a WIP. 

Anything left after that was sewn into strips for a future Chinese Coins quilt. Moving forward if I have 3.5 or 2 inch scraps left over after making a quilt I will make Four Patches, cut squares or sew scraps into strips instead of throwing those scraps into bags, bins or boxes. 

I do still have a few more RSC blocks to make this month that will be made from more scrap chunks- Double Irish Chain that uses 1.5 inch pieces and Square in Square that uses 5 inch TOTs (Tone on Tones). 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge ScrapHappy Saturday