Clowder Puff

Clowder Puff

44 x 58

I started making the cat blocks in December 2018 as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project. I used a cat pattern I saw online but that link is now broken.  The blocks finish at 5 x 9. 

I used scrap chunks in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month and also used a variety of gray scraps for the backgrounds. 

I thought it would make a nice donation quilt. 

The backing is also gray with colorful triangles. The quilt is a weird width so I had to piece it and I had almost but not quite enough backing fabric. So I added in a small piece of solid gray.  I used a gray with black flowers for the binding. 

I quilted some really big free motion flowers. 

Do You Believe in Magic?

My October OMG (One Monthly Goal) is to turn some colorful kitty litter (busy nine patch blocks with kitties) into some cats in the cradle (a baby quilt that won't make a baby go cross-eyed). 

Do you believe in magic? 

One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts

What Happened To Those Purple Scraps?

 From the 2.5 inch scrap bin...Garlic Knots aka Arrowhead Puzzles. 

 I cut some gray and black squares to make the rest of the blocks next month that I'll need for a twin sized quilt. 

 I've been making HRTs from 4.5 inch scraps for a couple of years. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them but maybe it is about time I make a decision. In addition to the purples I sewed together some pinks I had cut out but had not gotten sewn together in the pink month.  Hmmmm...before I put them away I may see how these blocks might look assembled into diamonds. 

 These 12 inch blocks came out of the 3.5 inch scrap bin.  Again I think my target is a twin sized quilt. Not sure how many blocks I have right now. This may be a Rainbow Scrap Challenge I continue into next year or next month I may assess what colors are in the 3.5 inch scrap bin and make up the rest of the blocks I need. 

And finally I made ten little 3 inch finished Kitties that I'm thinking I'll match up with some of the little Nine Patches from the big bin of little Nine Patches in the Parts Department.  I'm thinking a baby quilt of these will be the goal. 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge ScrapHappy Saturday. 

The Pink Kitty Litters

The kitten has a luxurious, Bohemian, unpuritanical nature. It eats six meals a day, plays furiously with a toy mouse and a piece of rope, and suddenly falls into a deep sleep whenever the fit takes it. It never feels the necessity to do anything to justify its existence; it does not want to be a Good Citizen; it has never heard of Service. It knows that it is beautiful and delightful, and it considers that a sufficient contribution to the general good. And in return for its beauty and charm it expects fish, meat, and vegetables, a comfortable bed, a chair by the grate fire, and endless petting.
                                       ~ Robertson Davies

Rainbow Scrap Challenge ScrapHappy Saturday

Blue Two Inch Scrap Edition

This week I dug into my two inch scrap bin and pulled out the blues and made: 

Four Wedding Ring blocks (aka Odd Scraps Patchwork, Crown of Thorns, Single Wedding Ring) that finish at 7.5 inches...

 ...three Sixteen Patch blocks that finish at 6 inches...

...and ten Kitties that finish at three inches that I will match up with little nine patches I have on hand. 

The color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is dark blue with lighter blues to be used in a different month; however, I just am using blue scraps. When the different month rolls around I will make a couple of my RSC project blocks in blue that I'm not making this month like Wonky Stars from 2 inch scraps and waste triangles. 

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Using Two Inch Scraps

 Orange is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month. This month I'm also making blocks in last months color which was aqua.  This week I dug into my two inch scrap bin to make some blocks. 

Wedding Ring blocks in orange that finish at 7.5 inches. 

 Wedding Ring blocks in aqua. 

Sixteen Patch blocks. 

Wonky Stars that will finish at 4.5 inches. I'm using waste triangles for the star points.  I've been making these off and on for a few years and only have a small pile of them. 

I have a big bin of 3 inch nine patches so have been making some 3 inch kitties to combine with them.  I cut all the kitty pieces from 2 inch scraps. 

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Green Two Inch Scrap Edition

 This week I dug into my green two inch scraps. 

First I made seven (one didn't fit on my batting covered cutting mat) Wedding Ring blocks.  These finish at 7.5 inches. 

 Next I made twelve Sixteen Patch blocks. These finish at six inches. I just combine 2 inch green scraps with any other scraps that suit my fancy from the 2 inch scrap bin. 

 Next I made 20 Kitties that finish at 3 inches. I will combine them with 3 inch Nine Patches from a bin full of little Nine Patches I've made or swapped over the years. 

 Then I made some little Wonky Stars. I use green waste triangles for the star points and 2 inch scraps for the rest. 

 Then while I was playing in the 2 inch scraps I decided to make more Carolina Chain blocks. I started on these blocks last year while I was making my Fractured Rainbow quilt with two inch scraps but haven't worked on them for a long time. Since I didn't use black, brown or gray in the Fractured Rainbow quilt I've been using them in Carolina Chain blocks that form the light chains. I've been using dark rainbow colors in blocks that make the dark chains.   

I was going to tell you to turn your head at an angle to get the the full effect of the chains since these blocks are set on point...

...but I turned the camera instead.  As you can now see the light chains will run across the quilt and the dark chains will run down the quilt. 

So maybe by year end I will have an empty 2 inch scrap bin.

Now I need to dig into the 4.5 inch green scraps. 

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Yellow Two Inch Scraps

 This week I worked with my yellow two inch scraps. Two yellow Wedding Ring blocks join the four red ones made last month. 

 I made five yellow kitties that will finish at 3 inches - a calico cat, a nutty cat, a dotty cat, a flowery cat and one that says "leaf me alone".  I'm thinking I will combine them with nine patches because I have lots of them already made. I  can't decide if  I want to keep the nine patches all in one color or...

 ...mix it up a bit.   I'll just wait until I have a couple more colors of kitties made to decide.  I may even just combine the kitties with solid squares or...who knows...the year has just begun. 

I made three 16 Patch blocks and five little Wonky Stars.  I use waste triangles to make the star points.  The rest of the pieces are from the 2 inch scrap bin. 

I'm out of yellow scraps now so maybe for next week I'll quilt up a little yellow donation quilt. 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge ScrapHappy Saturday