Tickled Pink!

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month is pink. 

Last week I mentioned I had a lot of larger pink scraps around 4.5 to 5 inches in width. So I started pairing some pinks with some grays and started making 4.5 inch (unfinished) HSTs. After that I had a lot of pink 4.5 inch squares and pieces left so I made a second quilt top. 

The pink and gray HST top - 56 x 72

There's lots of different pinks and grays. I don't have a design wall and usually just sew blocks together randomly. For this one I didn't exactly sew the 4 Patch HST blocks together in a totally random manner - I tried to put all the lighter blocks near the top and darker near the bottom as I webbed blocks together.

The second top is a Wiggle Time variation -- I made a version bigger than the pattern  so this top measures 60 x 76. I also made my "wiggles" scrappy but all in pink. 

I hunted around for something to use for the background and came up with an old pink floral in my stash. If I didn't have enough of that I was thinking of going scrappy neutral for the background. 

Some of the lighter pink squares kind of blend into the background but I think after it is quilted with some garlands of flowers in pink thread it will be okay. 

Both quilts will be donation quilts someday when all is said and done. 

And there's more...

If there was enough of the 4.5 inch strip left to cut two 2.5 x 4.5 pieces then I did. And then I made some Hearts for a quilt I'm making for me with red, pink and white hearts. I'm making it in memory of my granddaughter Kayla who recently died from "probable cardiac arrhythmia". 

The hearts have "flippy corners" on the bottom and the cutoffs were made into bonus HSTs which were then sewn into strips of five for a slow moving quilt inspired by a vintage one. 

Then I combined some 4.5 inch scraps with some 2.5 inch scraps and made a couple of Dandy Blocks...

...and a few Bear Paws for the growing collection. 

Speaking of growing collections...I made a few 8 Patch blocks. I had a few 2.5 inch width pieces that yielded four 2.5 x 3.5 cuts so I combined them with some previously cut pieces in that project box. 

While I was in that 8 Patch project box I matched up some previously cut pieces and made a few more blocks. 

Then any 4.5 inch scraps left got cut into squares if possible. Same with the leftover 2.5 inch scraps - squares and/or 1.5 x 2.5 inch pieces for the Lego Project box. 

Any pieces less than a 4.5 inch square was sewn into a strip for a future Chinese Coin quilt. 

Then I made a few Horizon blocks for my collection with some 5 x 9.5 pieces. 

Yes, I do have some pink scraps left  - mostly strings and crumbs I think.

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday