It's a flimsy!
Sawtooth Stars
(aka Orphan Curtis)
40 x 60
The block centers are all 5.5 inch (unfinished) orphan blocks. Most of those blocks I have received from others over the years. Last year I emptied out a box of 3 inch width scraps and made numerous tops. I had just a few scraps leftover long enough for Sawtooth Star points so kitted those up in a large baggie with the orphan blocks to be made later using the consistent background fabric.
This year I've been making the Stars and finished the last of them this week and went ahead and assembled this top.
And sew on...
WITB (What's in the Box, Bin, Bag) is the theme in my sewing space for the month of March. I've been trying to see how many bags, bins and boxes I can empty to move a few UFOs forward.
I've also been working with yellow scraps this month because that is the March Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color.
And I don't always follow the challenges issued by the Scrapbuster group but this month the challenge is 1.5 inch scraps. I have been trying to empty a couple of boxes of those this month.
And now that the Sawtooth Stars are in a top I'm left holding the (empty) bag!
I'm keeping score of what bags and boxes emptied this month:
Boxes:
1- Coins
2 - Legos
3 - 1.5 inch width scraps
Bags:
1 - Kaleidoscope
2 - solid 1.5 inch strips for 51 Waffles
3 - 1.5 inch strips for 9 Legos
4 - Windmill blocks
5 - Happy Block parts
6 - Posies
7 - 1.5 inch strips for 78 Rail Fence blocks
8 - Four Patch parts
9 - 1.5 inch strips for 92 strip sets for Boo Boo Patches
10 - 1.5 inch width strips cut into rectangles and squares
11 - Tumblers
12 - Four Patch parts
13 - Sawtooth Stars
14 - Sawtooth Stars
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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)
Looking inside a milk jug that was winter sown with seeds.
All sorts of things are starting to sprout!
Looking inside a wintersown pot covered with shower cap with holes poked in it.
A lot of my new starts will go into a new Perky Goth/Moonlight Garden - in memory of my granddaughter Kayla who unexpectedly passed away a few years ago. She was a perky goth - usually wore pink and black. So a lot of the plants in this garden will be black and pink. It is also a moonlight garden so there will be (I hope) lots of white flowers that bloom in the evening.
My son, Kayla's father, helped me clear the area last year that was overgrown with honeysuckle, wild grapes, wild raspberries and green briar. This mound is dirt that was shoved over into a pile when we put in an above ground pool many many years ago. It is no longer in use now that kids and grandkids have left home and hubby can no longer maintain.
Looking up toward the mound from the bottom of the area. I wove a trellis of fabric selvage between two small trees and planted some Beaujolis Sweet Peas that are dark purple - almost black. So far I've also planted some black and some white poppies, black pansies and violas, pink and white cornflowers and almost black alyssum.
And it appears the faeries are starting to move in.
5 comments:
Can't wait to see the progress of your garden.
that will be a lovely memory garden
What a fun scrappy star quilt, Cathy. Love the variety in the centers. Thank you so much for sharing how you use the milk jugs for planting. So clever! I am going to try that. It brought a warm smile seeing your dear granddaughter's memorial garden. I have one that I am working on for my sis. I am adding a butterfly bush each year. This year I will add the 4th. (So sad) . I hope your garden brings you comfort like mine does to me. Warm hugs.
Your garden is a delight even as the seeds are just coming up. The sawtooth stars are ideal to unify the miscellaneous centers.
That is a fun quilt top - great way to showcase those crazy block centers ! yay for your garden!
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