Last year I made some 8 inch Sixteen Patch blocks with civil war reproduction fabric scraps and scraps along that line like Kansas Troubles or Thimbleberries. After using up my scraps I had 33 blocks toward a goal of 63 blocks for a 7 x 9 layout.
Since this month my theme is "brown stuff" I decided to look through more brown scraps to see if I could find any scraps that would go well with the blocks I already had. I did. And after that I found scraps in a few other colors so I could complete my block set. For now they will go into the SAR (Some Assembly Required) box until I feel like assembling them into a quilt top.
Last year's 33 blocks.
And sew on...
6 comments:
These simple blocks are really quite elegantly beautiful I think. The more different fabrics, the merrier.
You are doing so well dealing with your "brown stuff".
You are really using up that "brown stuff" in so many beautiful ways!! I like the simplicity of just squares with lots of different shades of one color...
yours is looking so great...hugs, Julierose
I'm more of a lurker than a comment maker, but am enjoying your work in browns. I've also been hitting the same scrap bin and amazed to get four quilts so far out of a 12 x 12 x 17" bin, adding in a bit of other colors here and there and pulling out a fat quarter when needed. It feels really good to use almost every bit, even though the bin will fill up again. Thanks for being an inspiration! http://elsiequilts.blogspot.com/
This top will look great when it’s The Brown Squares turn to be completed. The addition of another colour here and there will relive the “Brown-ness” and lift it! Great idea, Cathy!
Nice addition to your SAR box!!!
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