The Green Green Scraps of Home

 Light and bright green is the RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) color of the month. 

I made three Plus Postage blocks from my 1.5 inch green scraps. I made that brown one last year when I was testing out the block.  These blocks finish at 10 inches. 

 I found the pattern in an old magazine. The pattern called for using strip sets but I'm not doing that. I'm just using 1.5 inch squares from my scrap bin. 

 I made two Rocky Glen blocks from 1.5 inch scraps. The one far left was my test block from last year. These finish at 7.5 inches and I was going to make them in secondary and primary colors keeping the longer center strips in the RSC color of the month.  They are not all that difficult to make but now I'm thinking I don't like these all that much and they will go into the orphan block box. 

The instructions for Rocky Glen came from the Ladies' Art Company Block Tool.  At some later date I may try some in a larger size but for now I'm not going to make any more of these blocks.  Well, maybe first I'll try one made of all green scraps to see if I like them in a single color. 

 These Wishing Rings that finish at 3.5 inches were started last year. I'm making a large quilt so I figure I need about 300 each of light and dark corner blocks. I have about 125 of each toward that goal.   The center is two inches and the sides and corners are 1.5 inches.   I cut the side pieces from 1.5 inch scraps and I cut the center and corners from 3.5 inch scraps. (From the 3.5 inch scrap I make a 2 inch cut and two 1.5 inch cuts.  I cut the two 1.5 inch into four 1.5 inch squares and I cut the 2 inch cut into a 2 inch square and a 1.5 inch square).

While I was in the 3.5 inch scraps I made a few Broken Dishes blocks which is another project carried over from years past. I was going to combine them with some 16 patch blocks but changed my mind and will just make a quilt of Broken Dishes.  When I end up with scraps less than a 3.5 inch square I've been sewing them into strips for use at some later date for a Chinese Coins quilt. Well, most of these pieces were actually 3.5 inch squares but someone accidentally rolled the Rotary Cutter over them

Rainbow Scrap Challenge ScrapHappy Saturday

Some Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) Projects

 This is the month to use dark neutral scraps in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects. 

I dug into the 2.5 inch scraps and made some Garlic Knots (traditional block name Arrowhead Puzzle). 

 Now I have 90 blocks if I counted correctly and can begin quilt top assembly. I am thinking I will make a quilt 8 x11 blocks that will measure 64 x 88.   That means this is one RSC project that will not have to continue into next year. 

 But I still have a couple of other RSC projects that use 2.5 inch scraps that I haven't worked on at all this year. I am going to count my six inch Plus blocks and then decide what I want to do with them in order to move this project forward.  I may or may not continue on with these as a project using 2.5 inch scraps. 

 Another project using 2.5 inch scraps that I have neglected this year is Sprouts.  I need to count these up and decide if  I have enough for the layout I envisioned and if not I will try to make enough additional blocks and get a top made by year end. 

 These little 3 inch Churn Dashes are a new RSC project I will be making from 2.5 inch scraps.  When I tried a few blocks last month with purple scraps I used scraps about 6.5-7 inches long and cut one inch off the width to be used for the side pieces and with the remaining 1.5 inch piece I used the Easy Angle ruler to cut HSTs. 

 I'm thinking that eventually I will combine them with some little 3 inch nine patches because I have a whole bin of those already made. 

After I finished assessing projects that use 2.5 inch scraps I turned my attention to the 1.5 inch scrap bin.  I've been making little 3 inch finished rail blocks from 1.5 inch scraps for a couple of years. After I made these dark neutrals I found I finally have 900 or so of them...

...and will begin assembling a quilt top. 

But I still have some 1.5 inch scraps so I tried a new block called Rocky Glen.  The block takes four different fabrics so I was thinking I will make blocks in secondary colors and primary colors. So if the RSC color is a secondary color like purple I will use two purple scraps, an orange scrap and a  green scrap.  If it is a primary color like red I will use two red scraps, a yellow scrap and a blue scrap.  These blocks finish at 7.5 inches.   The 1.5 inch scrap bin is running a little low so if I don't have 1.5 inch scraps to make these blocks I will cut from scrap chunks.   

In the meantime I want to clean out the 1.5 inch scrap bin this year so will cut any scrap in the RSC color left in the scrap bin after I make blocks into 1.5 inch squares to be used at a later date.   So that means at the end of 2020 I hope to have an empty 1.5 inch scrap bin. 

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday