A Little Nine Patch Top

 

A Little Nine Patch Comfort Quilt Top

40 x 48

In my last blog post I was working with blue scraps I found in the 4.5 inch width box. I noticed I had some blue strips long enough for four or five squares. I also had some sets of four blue 4.5 squares cut from previously processing scraps.  I decided to make some Nine Patches for a small top. I didn't really have many long scraps of any one color in my 4.5 inch width scrap box so decided to look in my orange scrap chunks since orange is the complement of blue.   Then in order to make it a little wider for a Wrap-A-Smile quilt I found two border type print long pieces in my 2.5 inch width scrap bin. 

And I still have some blue 4.5 inch width scraps. So now I guess I will make some Four Patches or maybe cut some bricks. The goal is to have that box and a few others empty by year end. 

And sew on...

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

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I have started winter sowing. I start this time of year with seeds that need 10-90 days of cold stratification. Most of these plants will be added to my native wildflower areas. If there are a lot of seeds in the packet I sow them in larger round pots and cover them with clear shower caps with holes punched in. If there are only a few seeds I sow them in 4 inch square pots and cover the whole flat with a large clear bag I cut up and hold in place with clips.    I have sown Tall Thimbleweed, Prairie Coreopsis, Thalictrum, Rattlesnake Master, Perennial Lupine, Pearly Everlasting, Fireweed, Crazy Daisy, Cupid's Dart, Pale Corydalis, Amethyst Shooting Star, Pale Purple Coneflower, Stout Blue Eyed Grass, Prairie Blue Eyed Grass, Jacob's Ladder, Prairie Smoke, Gaura and several varieties of Columbine. 

More later!

And sow on...