Big Potato Chip
I have been adding rounds of 2 x 3.5 inch rectangles in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month. I'm hoping for maybe a 42 inch square comfort quilt. The "color" this month has been pastels. I added a round of neutrals instead of pastels. Now it measures 21.5 square so I guess I'm halfway to my goal.
Pastel Wonky Logs with Sashing
43.5 x 64.5
After I finished making the Pastel String Top with long strings I started making 9 inch finished Wonky Log Cabin blocks with the shorter pastel strings. I used a 2 inch pink square for the block centers and cornerstones in the sashing.
I used a multicolor pastel piece of fabric that looked like it had paint brush swipes on it for the sashing.
And sew on...
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I took some pics of some flowers in bloom in the gardens. There were quite a few so I'll show just the daylilies in this post and the rest in another. Daylilies aren't really a useful flower since they only last a day but there are lots of blooms (if the deer don't eat them) and they add pops of color and bits of joy to the cottage garden. I've had my Daylilies for many years...before the internet, I know. I ordered them from a catalog by mail with a check enclosed. I spent hours going through the catalog reading all the descriptions and trying to decide what to order. I usually settled for the prettiest that my budget allowed. I have divided my daylilies a couple of times since then and haven't ordered any new ones until this year when I bought a legacy pack of 24 Daylilies on sale for $1 each. What varieties I received will be a surprise when they bloom (hopefully) next year. I did lose some Daylilies one year when a big tree fell on a patch of them when my husband was at a low point in his cancer and couldn't get out to help me cut up the tree. Supposedly the Daylily flowers and buds are edible; however, I have never had the urge to taste test but I'll keep that in mind in case I'm starving someday. Now they have fancy and rubbly double bloom and reblooming Daylilies at a price I can't afford. And I'm okay with that. I love what I have.
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4 comments:
So many colors of lillies! Lovely
I luv the idea of the larger strips for the potato chip block,a quick & great way to use up scraps, I may have to borrow that idea in the future if you don't mind, I don't lean towards buying pastel's but your pastel top is changing my mind 😄the sashing & border is perfect fot it!
Your day lilies are beautiful!
Great plan to make a huge potato chip block! That is a super way to use scraps! Your daylillies are gorgeous!
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