Monkey Wrench
10.5 inch
I really didn't work with many blue scraps this month. My main goal for January was to quilt as many comfort quilts for kids as I could. I figured there would be another blue month and I would work very hard on my blue scraps then.
I did make a few blocks with blue scraps mostly working on them as leaders/enders. For over a year I've been working on emptying a couple of small boxes of triangles, waste triangles and HST parts. If I end up with four 2.5, 3.5 or 4.5 HSTs the same then I turn them into Monkey Wrench blocks. I also make Monkey Wrench blocks when I process scraps and have enough HSTs for a Monkey Wrench. At year end I'll make donation quilts with them.
I already have quite a collection of 5 inch, 7.5 inch and 10 inch Monkey Wrench blocks. I need to find a bigger box to store them in now.
I also made a few 4 inch Four Patch blocks. I've been making these in red, white and blues and I also have quite a collection of them.
When I've been processing those triangles and such from those boxes I mentioned I also made some 3 inch finished Broken Dishes blocks with 2 inch HSTs. I decided to turn those into Squared Away blocks that finish at 7.5 inches.
I have quite a bag of the Broken Dishes blocks and continue to make them so each month I'll see if there are four blocks in similar value and RSC color and turn them into Squared Away blocks.
I had a little pile of 2 inch scraps near my cutting mat that I needed to process. I pulled out the blues. They turned into some little 3 inch Bow Ties for my collection. I used a few blue squares as the corners on a couple of four inch Indian Hatchet blocks. And if the piece was less than a 2 inch square it turned into a Chinese Coin strip.
And I also ended up with some 2 inch squares - a stack of singles, pairs and four the same.
Wonder what the next color will be.
And sew on...
It's super interesting how you process all your scraps and use them to make large collections of blocks during the year. Great start in January for RSC.
ReplyDeleteYou have made a lot of blue blocks for your different stashes. There will be some great quilts appearing on your blog as the year progresses.
ReplyDeleteYou are so organized;))) It always amazes me how out of piles of scraps you can get so many lovely blocks...nice works hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteEven if you weren't focused on blue blocks, you still made quite a few! Looks like lots of great blocks for this year.
ReplyDeletelooks like great blue blocks to me.
ReplyDeleteMent to say blocks not black lol
ReplyDeleteSo many ideas! I love those Squared Away blocks from Broken Dishes.
ReplyDeleteLove your Monkey Wrench project - I'll enjoy seeing the quilts you made out of them! You'll have lots of useful blocks in your parts department, too.
ReplyDeleteGreat method for working with the different sizes for Monkey Wrench blocks and I'm loving your blues.
ReplyDeleteYour ideas and combos always inspire me. I just have to get going on some churndashes.
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