Motley Mix

Back on March 24 I received several bags of scraps. I thought it would be fun to see how many donation quilts I could make from those scraps, I first sorted them into various piles. One of those piles was a 14 quart bin of warm colored scraps. I made a Streak of Lightning top and an Uneven Nine Patch top and then I still had some bits and pieces of scraps in that 14 quart bin of warm. So I made a lot of different blocks from the leftover warm scraps and now I only have warm scraps left for some slabs and crumb blocks.  

First I made some Bear Paws that finish at 6 inches. I will make these as I go along when I have 4. 5and 2.5 inch scraps.  They are going into the Parts Department and when I have a lot of them I will make some quilts. 

More Bear Paws. For some of these I added in some 4.5 inch squares from the Parts Department.

Sixteen Patch Stars

I had some 4 inch squares left in the 14 quarts of warm. I also have a little drawer of 4 inch novelty squares from previous I Spy type swaps. So the warm squares got together with the novelty squares and a few Sixteen Patch Stars were born. I previously made four blocks from green scraps so if I make a purple and a blue block I should have enough for another nice donation quilt top. 

With 2.5 and 2 inch scraps I was able to add a few Indian Hatchet blocks that finish at 4 inches to my collection. A vintage quilt was the inspiration for these blocks. 

Also with 2.5 inch squares I was able to make some small Chips (Economy Blocks) to add to my collection. And whenever any project leaves me with 2.5 inch scraps I make Nine Patches for the Parts Department. At year end those will be made into quilts.

Whenever I have 3.5 inch scraps leftover I combine them with low volume scraps to make Four Patches or Uneven Nine Patches. More for the Parts Department!

I started making 3 inch project leftovers into Hollow Nine Patches. The Parts Department is growing!

I love blocks made from 1.5 inch scraps. I have a whole 14 quart bin of little 3 inch Nine Patches so I added in some more. And I started making some Rail Fence and Bit Coin blocks that will be new Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects. I like to have projects going for all sizes of scraps so I can make blocks with project leftovers instead of throwing leftovers in boxes and bags to sort later. 

Two inch scraps get made into Four Patches. 

And I added a couple more blocks to the RSC line up. 

Some of the rest of the scraps in that 14 quart bin of warm got cut into squares for the Parts Department and if there was less than a square I made a little strip for a future Chinese Coins quilt. My box of these little strips is overflowing so I should probably make a quilt now...or maybe later. 

Since the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color this month is red and I definitely used some red scraps I will link up with RSC ScrapHappy Saturday where all kinds of scrappy things are happening. 

 

Bear Foot - a Finish

Bear Foot

82 x 98

Blocks finished at 14 inches and I used sashing that finished at 2 inches. 

Sometimes I've seen this block called Bear Paw but I think the Bear Paw block is different. 

I used some four patches I swapped with the Block Swappers Yahoo Group as well as some of my own I made from scraps. 

I matched up four patches in the same color way and then added HSTs in the same color and fabric. 

I quilted the whole thing on my Plain Jane Janome DSM. 

I freemotion quilted some leaves because I've heard bears poop in the woods where there are lots of leaves.  Someone suggested previously that I should quilt a bear paw.  I'm just not that free motion talented so leaves was as naturey as I get. 

The backing was a nice 100% cotton sheet in great condition from the thrift store. 

This was my June Goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. I was #24 at goal setting party.  (See sidebar for link to ALYoF 2015)

This was also one of my Q2 Goals (#3) for 2015 Finish Along.  ( See sidebar for link to the 2015 Finish Along)

At the end of the month I will also link up to Julie's Binding Blitz. Also see sidebar for link. 

And today I will link up to Oh Scrap - also on the sidebar. 

Oh, and excuse me if I don't reply to a comment. It seems my email server (csteldridge.com)  is having a problem and I have been missing some emails since yesterday. 

Bearfootin'

My June goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes 

My Big Bear Foot quilt is ready for some free motion quilting...leaves maybe?  

Potpourri That I Hope Doesn't Stink Up a Room

Well, I started out with Flowering Snowballs because Molly Flanders Makerie was having a Quilt Along. 

I've been sloooowly quilting along making my Flowering Snowballs out of my cherry pie themed fabrics and different cherry colored reds/pinks. 

I want to make a large bed-sized quilt. 

These are the latest 13 blocks I've made and I think I now have 32 of them. 

Unfortunately I'm easily distracted so it takes me awhile to finish quilts (or enough blocks to make a quilt) and I have lots of UFOs. 

Latest distraction? I've been meaning to try some large 15 inch Road to Lampasas blocks in 30s fabrics. 

Here's my trial blocks. I like them. So now I'll be making more whenever the urge strikes. 

And I used up some more 4 patches to make more Bear Foot blocks.  I've been using up swapped four patches but ran out of them (but am expecting another swap batch very soon) after I made that block with deep purple HSTs so whipped up a few of my own from 2.5 inch scraps. 

I need to count. I may have enough Bear Foot blocks for a large quilt. 

What have you been working on? 

Need some ideas? Visit Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times. 

Shades of Envy

Green is again the color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I used up most of my small pieces of green scraps and I'm left with a lot of green chunks - enough to make up some 12 inch Dandy Quilt Blocks.  I have about 15 of these now in varying shades of green with a lot more green chunks to go. 

And I added more 13 inch Bear Foot blocks to my pile...this time in green. In case you haven't been following along...I have a bunch of swapped four patches that I am using up in Bear Foot blocks. 

Got Scraps?

Use them up and show us how you did it each ScrapHappy Saturday. 

HSTeria is About Over

Vicki Welsh from Field Trips in Fiber has been hosting a HSTeria Quilt Along.  This is the last week. 

We've been sewing along on several projects that use HSTs. 

Last week I added some HSTs to some four patches and made some 14 inch Bear Foot blocks.  I made 5 more blocks this week which brings me to a total of 13.  I can't decide what size quilt to make so not sure how many more I need.  

Vicki was picking a random winner each week from those who linked up with a HST project. The prize was a bunch of her beautiful hand dyed "scraps". 

The McCall's Quilting Vintage Quilts Spring 2014 magazine had a Birds in the Air quilt I wanted to make some day so I thought I would use Vicki's "scraps" and start making it now. 

I need 40 of these HSTs within HST blocks.  Don't Vicki's scraps look gorgeous against the Navy Kona? 

Thanks, Vicki!

Got HSTs? 

It's the last week of HSTeria and Vicki says she has a grand prize! 

She also has some beautiful hand-dyed fabrics. 

Bear Footin'

I was trying to decide what to do with a bunch of 4 inch 4 patches - some swapped, some my own. 

I ended up sorting into color groups, made a few 2.5 inch HSTs from scraps and ended up with several 14 inch Bear Foot blocks. 

I probably have enough 4 patch blocks to make a couple of full size Bear Foot quilts. 

Making and using HSTs? 

Join the HSTeria at Field Trips in Fiber. It's the last week.