I have been a bit lazy for the last week or so and not accomplished much of anything other than finishing up my 14 Christmas placemats to be used next year. My guild's quilt show boutique contributions are done and the show will take place on January 31st and February 1st. So I just fiddle around in the sewing room for a few days and collected up some odds and ends of scraps to start working on this year's charity group's quilt making process.
I pulled these odds and ends of blue fabrics. Not much of anything but thought I could make a 4 patch quilt and get enough of them together to make 9" blocks and come up with a quilt that was hopefully 54" by 63".They look pretty, but find that I am very much short of the light blue/white prints. So I guess it is off to Hobby Lobby later this week for some additional fabric to add to the mix. One of the reasons obviously that one never seems to run out of scraps. In order to use them up you have to buy more to go with what you are trying to get rid of.
Now this project is another story all together. I have lots of these fabrics. While at Warm Wrappings my charity group meeting, one of the ladies showed a quilt she made with this pattern. She did not know the name of the pattern but was able to describe how the block is made and I was able to come home and duplicate it. The blocks are 9" finished, and I easily have left over fat quarters of these fabrics to make a 54" by 63", their preferred size, quilt for the charity group. Yes, one more unfinished set of 6 Christmas placemats unearth when I was putting away the last of my Christmas fabrics into a bin in the closet. I am almost afraid to take a better look into that bin to see what else I might have stashed in there. It is a bit of a jumble and I know I had better sort it out, but who knows what I might find.
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Both your donation quilts are fun, but I really like that second one. Very cool looking. I agree, it seems no matter the good intention to use up scraps, you end up with more. Happy stitching anyway.
ReplyDeleteThat block with the little square is very interesting, so I'm looking forward to seeing those blocks come together. Should be very pretty.
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Pretty blue fabrics, your 9 patch blocks are lovely. Too bad for the additionnal stash shoping 😉 The kind of square in a square blocks are beautiful, they look like they are made with a strippology ruler. Great new placemats! Thank you for sharing and linking up your pretty projects.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what you can find when you are putting things away!! Love the blue blocks and yay for the road trip to Hobby Lobby for more fabric! LOL You are right, our scraps never really seem to go away for that very reason. Interesting block for the new charity quilt. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteGreat projects! Congratulations on finishing the Christmas placemats. You'll be so happy you sewed them up when Christmas rolls around again. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Love that block with the little square. I laughed out loud at your description of the blues because that's so true. I've tried to explain this concept to my husband of buying more to use up the old & he still thinks I should be able to mix it up without new purchases. I do that A LOT, but sometimes you just have to go shopping! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteSo funny that you will buy more fabric to use up the scraps. I really like the winter bird fabric in the placemats.
ReplyDeleteScraps multiply like rabbits but we somehow find an excuse to buy more,at least that's my story 🤣 cute blocks, you'll be glad the placemats are finished for Christmas I try to do Christmas in July sewing anything & everything for Christmas in July
ReplyDeleteSuch fun charity and scrap quilts! I just might have to borrow the idea for the wonky square in a square block. 😉. Well done getting those place mats finished up! Thank you for sharing on To Do Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely correct -- gotta pick up a few new fabrics to make the older ones shine. Looks like you're off to a great start. I'm sure you'll be happy to get the last of the placemats sewn up and put away -- finally! May I suggest not looking in that bin. It might require another stash enhancement trip. Lol!
ReplyDeleteHi Donnalee, the blue patches will make a great quilt. I love those brown blocks - that's really cool. Yes, maybe you won't want to look into your Christmas fabric bin too closely, unless you want to start your Christmas quilting early! Thanks for linking up to I Quilted This!
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