Buckeye Beauty
This year for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects I have been working with my scrap "chunks" to make my blocks. This month's color is supposed to be light and bright blue but a lot of my RSC blocks use light, dark, and bright so I just made some of my blocks in this blue month and will make the rest of my blocks in the next blue month.
At the beginning of the month I cut off a 3.5 inch and 2 inch pieces from several of my blue scrap chunks and made Dove in the Window blocks. With the leftovers from those pieces I made most of this week's blocks.
I've been making 6 inch (finished) Buckeye Beauty blocks using scraps in the RSC color of the month plus shirts and black multicolor scraps and sometimes red/black scraps.
I had a lot of bits and pieces of blue shirts to use this month. Usually I don't have many shirts in the RSC color but I hit the jackpot with blue.
Then moving on I made some 9 inch (finished) Antique Tile blocks. These still used some of those Dove in the Window leftovers.
And then finally I made some X+ blocks still trying to use up those Dove in the Window leftovers.
No matter what I work on if I have 3.5 inch leftovers at the end of the project I make Four Patches if I have two squares. Those go into the Parts Department. And anything less than a square gets sewn into a strip for a future Chinese Coins quilt.
The same goes for any left over 2 inch pieces - Four Patches and Coins.
That just leaves me to make Propellers, Double Irish Chain, Big and Little Chips and a table runner for the next blue month.
10 comments:
More great RSC blue blocks. The X + blocks really appeal to me. Lots of small pieces in each block yet you still manage to turn them out so quickly.
sew much happy blues - always a pleasure to see your progress
it's really awesome that you are able to use leftovers from one block into another!
There should be an award for Best Use of Leftovers - you'd have a mantel full of them!
Lots of little pieces there! I really like that red with navy block! ---"Love"
I love your shirting blocks. I’ve got some shirtings, but not enough yet - and thrift store prices are too high ($5-9 dollars per shirt) to start collecting. I hope there are lots of yard sales this year! Your Antique Tile blocks are wonderful and I’ve put them on my list for next year.
I love the variety of blocks you make, Cathy! The X+ might be my favorite ones.
You are QUITE the scrap processor, Cathy!! Very nice RSC blocks in BLUE.
Great variety of blue blocks, Cathy! Love them all.
Great great blocks - I love the Buckeye Beauties!!
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