I have some yardage of a few different homespuns. I thought I would combine those with some Civil War reproduction scraps and make 12 inch The Dandy Quilt blocks. I really like this block and have made several quilts with it over the years.
Funny thing...while searching my blog for Dandy Quilts I saw that I had made quite a few blocks with scraps in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) colors of the month in 2022 and never did anything with them. Not sure where I put them. Hmmmm...
Uneven Shoofly
10 inch blocks
Shirts, homespun and plaid scraps combined with florals.
I have a big box of thrift store shirt scraps, homespun and plaids. I decided to make a couple of different quilts with the biggest scraps then after that I will decide on quilts to make with the smallest scraps. Moving forwarded I will probably make these as an RSC project with the floral in the color of the month. I have set aside some floral scrap chunks for these. Then I will combine with any shirtings,etc that are big enough to yield pieces for four HSTs and four 2.5 x 4.5 rectangles.
What looks like Disappearing Four Patch but made without making a Four Patch and cutting it apart.
9 inch blocks
Shirts,etc combined with solid scraps.
I will probably make these as RSC project with either solid or shirt,etc scrap being the color of the month. Using 3.5 inch scraps to make these blocks.
This is the time of year when I assess all my scraps and decide how to use some of them in the new year.
And sew on...
5 comments:
The Dandy is a dandy block. Thanks for the links to all the versions you've made. That's why quilting is so infinitely interesting -- all the possible combinations!
I hope you’ll show us your stash one day! Love everything!
I love that Dandy block! You've made some beautiful quilts from it. Have fun with your homespuns!
I rarely have plaid - your worked those out good.
The Dandy block is really cute. Those homespuns and shirtings give it such a lovely vintage feel.
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