Cheerios
10 inch blocks
Made from 4.5 inch and 2.5 inch width scraps
The Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color for February is blue. I have a lot of blue scraps to use this month so got started right away making blocks. I actually use scraps to make my RSC blocks and usually have blocks going for any width size scrap I come across. I have a few folks who share their scraps with me and when I receive them I usually sort them by width size if smaller scraps that are less than a fat quarter. If larger than a fat quarter they are sorted by color and put with yardage of same color. This week I worked mostly with the 4.5 inch width scraps and 2.5 inch width scraps. I make blocks based on length of scrap - some blocks like the Cheerios take 4 - 4.5 inch blue squares. If I can't make Cheerios from the scrap I will see if it is long enough to get 4 - 3.5 inch cuts for a Crossroads block. If I can't make a Crossroads block I will see if it is long enough to cut into 4 - 2.5 inch pieces for an 8 patch block. And so on...
Going where the scraps take me!
Cheerios
10 inch blocks
I now have 63 blocks. I'm making them the rest of the year with scraps in the RSC color of the month and at year end I will see how many I have. It takes 48 blocks for a 60 x 80 inch comfort quilt and 24 blocks for a 40 x 60 comfort quilt. So I already have enough for a quilt or two!
Posies
8 inch
I now have 52 and my target is 63 blocks.
I have set aside a little box of floral scrap chunks to make these. I cut a 4.5 inch width strip or strips from the blue florals and 2.5 inch width strip or strips from the floral background to make these blocks.
Only 11 more blocks to my goal!!
Crossroads
7 x 9
I now have 26 blocks and my target is 64.
Made with 4 3.5 x 4.5 rectangles and 1.5 inch sashings of brown with red centers.
8 Patch
8 inch blocks
I now have 27 blocks and my goal is 63 blocks. 35 blocks would be enough for a kiddo quilt 40 x 60 but I'm going for a larger comfort quilt 56 x 72.
I cut these from either 4.5 inch width scraps or 2.5 inch width scraps.
Floral Wonky Windmills
8 inch blocks
I now have 29 of desired 63 blocks.
All have gray scrap backgrounds.
Each Wonky Windmill takes two 4.5 x 5 inch rectangles each of gray and of blue scraps.
I've been making these blocks for awhile and last year made a kiddo sized top and divided the rest of the blocks into piles for two other 56 x 72 quilts - 1. florals; 2. geometrics, etc.
Wonky Windmills
for the Geometric, etc. quilt
I now have 27 out of desired 63.
Floral Happy Blocks
8.5 inch
This completes 37 blocks toward my goal of 63.
5 inch center, 2.5 inch width frame.
Economy Blocks
6 inch
39 blocks. Goal = 70
I set aside some pastel florals - mostly pinks and blues - to make these blocks. Center Four Patch made of 2.5 inch scraps. Corners made of 4 inch squares cut on diagonal.
And that brings me to the little box of 4 inch width scraps I'll be working with next.
And sew on...
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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)
Remember
Sow a few seeds and you will end up with a glorious flower patch.
Sew a few scraps and you will end up with a glorious quilt patch.
Another sign for my garden from hubby -
