I don't need any more blue for my rainbow scrap challenge projects. So, I decided a little tidying was in order. I separated my dark and light blue chunks in the scrap drawer. I added some pieces to the 'cut or get rid' box. And, then, I found a little more room. hooray
I grabbed my blue 2 inch strips, and thought, I would sort through them for dark and light. I also, grabbed smaller pieces of strips for 4 patches and an older ufo called strip tease. I needed to find 2 matching strips in the light, and, 2 in the dark to cut for flying geese, also strip tease. After half of the bag, I was overwhelmed and put it away. There are too many. Even after taking the smaller bits, it weighed 3 pounds 10 ounces. If a pound has 3 yards, then there is nearly 12 yards of fabric in that bag, enough to make a large quilt. And if I have 9 colors of 2 inch strips........ oh my.
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I cut for flying geese - I needed 48- 2 x 3 1/2 inches
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| they look so innocent |
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The things we start because we tidy up.....BTW, in my experience a pound is four yards.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you sew up 75 blocks in a day, then I can imagine 75 per rainbow color. Since I can't resist doing mental math, that gives you 750 four patches that could be arranged in a 25 x 30 layout and assuming the blocks are 4" sq. you've got yourself a lovely 100" W x 120" H quilt. Not bad.
ReplyDeleteLots of blue scraps. So lots of fun quilts in there, but I get that it can be overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteYou ha e been busy, a great tidy up then stitching all those little blue blocks.
ReplyDeleteLovely blue scraps! Those four patches are so pretty. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
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