So...
I might have a scrappy little problem. I'm obsessed with scraps!
This
is what my dining room looked like yesterday as I cut out the last 21
Farmer's Wife blocks. I was using mostly modern scraps and Kona white.
Anything smaller than a fat quarter was up for grabs, which means every bin and box and pile came out to play. Once I finished cutting out the blocks, I kept cutting! All the smaller pieces were cut into useful sizes: 5", 3.5", 2.5" and 2" squares, and 2.5" and 2" strips. I feel so much better now!
When I brought all the bins back downstairs, I came across my selvedge basket. I hopped over to my Pinterest scrap quilts board and found this awesome pattern by Karen Griska. It took me a couple of hours to sew these two blocks last night. I love them! I have some Kona Tomato coming from Fabric.com tomorrow, so I can continue this new project. It will be my entry in the RIMQG Log Cabin Challenge.
Then there is Wild & Goosey. I follow the Quiltville Open Studio page on facebook and it seems like everyone is working on these blocks. I'm going to make mine with batiks. I feel the need to control the scrappiness, so I'm alternating the warm and cool colors. I just had to piece two sections before we left for church this morning.
I spent the entire afternoon cutting out enough pieces (1425!) for 25 blocks which will make a sweet wall hanging. And, no. I didn't make a dent in my scraps!
I'm ready to sew my way through the big game!
I'll be linking up my scrappy projects here:
I'll be linking up my scrappy projects here:
16 comments:
Love batiks! Love your block! Gonna be a very striking quilt! Hope you get lots done during the game!
I have the same scrap problem--using them doesn't lessen them! I have to get cutting. Hugs, Julierose
I think, everyone has to much scraps. But these are very nice solutions !
Greetings, Rike
Wow... I'm exhausted just reading your blog.
I love your selvedge blocks, you may have just inspired another scrap hoarder to collect selvedges too :D
wow. You are on a scrappy mission and I love what you are doing with them all!
Hello. My name is Carla and I have a scrap addiction......
Very nice blocks and beautiful scraps. : )
I'm drowning in scraps myself. I think a Wild and Goosey is in line myself. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love your Wild and Goosey, very colorful.
Hugs
Your challenge blocks are awesome! What a great idea :)
Oh My goodness Tina - I love those selvage cabins with the tomato centers - what a great way to use them! And the Wild and Goosey blocks are the best! I saw your link on Oh Scrap! You are doing some very fun looking things with your scraps!
Oh I do love your selvage log cabin blocks, very pretty! The wild & goosey blocks will look very striking together, have fun! Linda
So much scrappy goodness going on! I really like the Wild Goose block.
Thanks for sharing on Oh Scrap!
That's a lot of pieces! I love your Wild & Goosey block. The wall hanging will be lovely!
I love scraps too. I keep them all. However, I haven't ever taken the time to cut them down to useful sizes. They're just kept together in colour groups. I've felt that I don't get enough time to sew, so I've never wanted to spend the time I do have cutting. The scraps just keep multiplying!
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