Remember the other day when I mentioned I was going to use some gifted 2 inch squares as well as my own squares to make Paper Chains?
Moving right along I now have 7 dozen six inch Paper Chain blocks and I'm aiming for 130 of them.
Maybe I will meet my goal next week if I keep at it.
I've also been making little 3 inch (finished) Bow Ties for my collection. I've mostly been pulling out all the shorter 2 inch width pieces from the scrap bin and if there is enough for a Bow Tie (2 x 5) then I cut those Bow Tie pieces first.
After I cut the Bow Tie pieces if there is enough left to cut a 2 inch square then I do. If not and the piece left is less than a 2 inch square but at least 1 x 2 then...
...it gets set aside for awhile and then eventually gets sewn into a strip that will eventually probably get made into a Chinese Coin quilt. Those itty bitty pieces eventually add up! And it is kind of fun to see what shows up in a less than 2 inch square.
I'm itching to start a couple of new things but I'm making myself complete those Paper Chain blocks first.
And sew on...
6 comments:
oooh delightful scrappy projects!
You continually surprise me with the speed at which you work and how you turn out so many lovely blocks in such a short time. All great.
I really like those Paper Chain blocks, and am looking at how they're constructed. Who doesn't have lots of squares to use up that way?! Did you make them from 2 inch squares, sewn into 4 patches, and combine with one 3.5 inch square? I can see that in certain spots you need a strategically placed light square to keep the design going, too. I'm going to have to play with those!
I love all the wonderful scrap projects, especially the paper chain.
(Adding paper chains to my to-do list...)
I liek them all - but that paper chain.... that is calling me......
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