I love playing with scraps, rainbows and
bright quilts so I am excited to be participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year. The color for March has been
red. I pulled scraps from my stash plus
spent some time cutting units as well as made-fabric play. I put this month’s
creations with the past 2 and here are my blocks so far.
When
I am at my home away from home, I frequently piece made-fabric from
crumbs. Last summer I created many
green/blue blocks. I started sewing them
into a quilt top and decided I wanted it larger. Next time I sewed green/blue made-fabric, I
did not have the others with me. When I
put them with the first batch, they had much more bright green and not much
blue and I felt they did not match. The
next time I paid closer attention and made more. I have a lap quilt of mostly green
made-fabric blocks which I finished a few months back and now the full bed size
green/blue quilt is finished. The design
was inspired by Victoria Findlay Wolfe.
To go with the modern
design I used my walking foot and quilted the center using the serpentine
utility stitch. I did a FM motif in the border which does not show up well on
the large print.
I also finished a couple
of pillowcases for our local Ronald McDonald House. The main fabric was donated by Springfield
Fabrics of Fort Mill, SC.
It is still too cold to work in the yard.
I love your RSC blocks. They look great. Your crumb quilt looks amazing. I love the layout you used. And those pillow cases are super cute!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! on your newly completed quilt and the RED blocks that you've made for the RSC!!
ReplyDeleteGreat rainbow challenge blocks. The quilt you finished is great, love how you set the blocks.
ReplyDeleteYour star blocks are lovely! Those offset ones have such character - can't wait to see them all together!
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