It's a top!
A Small Plus
(Mind Your Busyness)
43 x 43
Mottled shade and wind made it difficult to take a good photo.
I started making these blocks back in July 2025. (On that post you can see the actual color or lack of color in the blocks). I had a little box of pastel scraps and someone had just given me quite a few low volume 4.5 inch squares so I decided to make a few plus sign blocks. (Also on that July 2025 blog post I mentioned I had a case of poison ivy. Funny thing...I now have a bad case of poison ivy!)
So...I made 15 blocks and decided I did not like them so put them away for a rainy day when little Cathy wanted to play. I'm not really a fan of pastels or low volume to begin with but this girl who loves scrappy and busy quilts decided these blocks were too busy for me. (Maybe I should have named it Mind Your Busyness???)
Well, here we are today. Since the "color" of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) is pastel I decided to pull out these blocks and do something with them. I made one more block and added some light gray sashing to corral some of that busyness and now I have a little comfort quilt top and an empty little bag of blocks.
And sew on...
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We are supposed to get some rain the rest of the week through Wednesday as well as temps reaching 100. We can use the rain because the ground is like cement and anything in bloom has very small flowers probably because according to drought maps our area has been abnormally dry. I can do without the high temps especially since I don't have a/c and with rain there will be humidity.
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I finished a book! The Bible of Blackwater County by Jenny Cafaro. Inspired by the story of her great grandmother " The Bible of Blackwater County is a Southern Gothic historical fiction novel that tells the story of Bessie Winter, an Appalachian woman navigating trauma and survival during the Great Depression."
8 comments:
Love the Mind Your Busyness name ... once this is quilted and donated, I know it will be loved (busy or not).
Lots to look at in a pretty little quilt. I like it!
Hope the poison ivy is soon over. No fun at all!
Sharon M
Such a cute little quilt, Cathy! Pretty scrappy fabric. Sorry about the poison ivy, speedy recovery!
I love Mind Your Busyness, both the quilt and the name! There is just enough color in the pluses to show up but also let the busyness os the backgrounds shine.
It is a subtly beautiful quilt. Very calming. Sorry about the poison ivy. I have to be very careful if I get it as it just blows up in my body and will travel all over. Last time I had to go on steroids and I don't want that again. The oil from poison ivy sticks to clothes, etc. The last time I got it, it was from doing laundry after vacation- the oil was on the clothes. I use a product called Technu if I am going to be exposed to it- it acts as a barrier, then washes off.
That is very cute! We've been in drought for a couple of years now so I totally understand the "ground like cement". We got about an inch of rain this week - very welcome but not enough to ease the drought.
Yuk--poison ivy! I too hope you are well on the mend. I'm with you regarding pastels. Your flimsy is so calming. Someone will love it!
Another sweet comfort quilt -- good job! We just had a few days of rain and now the heat is on here too! Ugh! And double-Ugh on your poison ivy. I also get that nasty rash (not to mention ooziness) so I feel your pain. Hope you're having a good week.
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