Now that I am home, I can catch up my rainbow scrap challenge projects. First, pink, and then, blue. I had sewn the strips for windmill in pink, but, now they are sewn and ready. I began by webbing the blocks and then sewing the center seam for the win.
I have finished all the dresden blocks I need, to finish the quilt. I plan on adding this to the UFO list for 2025. If I don't finish this year, it will be on the list each year until it is finished. It has been very patient since 1987. It began as my only daughter's baby quilt. When she was old enough to decide, pink is not her color. haha.
I pulled this older UFO out of the closet in January as part of the rainbow scrap challenge when pink was the color of the month. I only planned to work on it through January, but, I was so close to getting the blocks done, I decided to keep sewing. And, now, the blocks are finished Such an adventure.
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I have been slowly sewing blades and then rings for my dresden quilt. When I restarted it in January as part of the rainbow scrap challenge, I decided I needed 8 more rings for the quilt. I only have 2 more left to do. Then, I will add it to the 5 quilt list for 2025, so that it is not forgotten again.
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I have had a chance to make more dresden rings. I tend to sew a bunch of blades, turn and press them and then sew the rings. After I make a couple, I run out of variety and repeat. I need 5 more to reach my goal.
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I dug into my 1 1/2 inch strip bin for pink. This year I am sewing the color with a light, in strips. I cut them at 2 1/2 inches and have a zig zag idea in my head. I am planning to use 3 strips each month and see how far that gets me at years end. I was hoping to make 36 segments and I made 59.
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| rainbow zigzag |
Pink is the color for January 2025 and the rainbow scrap challenge.
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I had a chance to cut the wedges before moving on with other rsc projects
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I reopened the zipper ufo box and pulled all the blocks with pink. I want to add different color blocks to them as we move through the year. I made the zipper blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge in 2022.
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Pink is the color for January 2025 and the rainbow scrap challenge.
I began this dresden plate quilt in 1987 after my daughter was born. After 2 boys, I wanted to see pink again. It was set aside for many years until a redo in 2020. I brought it out to work on it during the rainbow scrap challenge as a leader/ ender, and, I made a few rings that year. This year, I am once again adding it to the rainbow scrap challenge during the pink month. When I opened the box I found 12 rings together. I had decided that I had all the rings made in 2020. This time, I decided I would want to make 20 blocks.
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| My oldest ufo |
I cut this year's windmill blocks. using a light gray background.
I have emptied a project box with this finish. I finished flannel #2 his week. It feels so good to move another UFo to done. I finished flannel #1 last week as part rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.
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| 46x58- 7 yards of fabric |
My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:
postage stamp psp20
2 pink flannel baby quilts and here and here
My ufo # 2 and #3 for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy was 2 pink flannel baby quilts. I didn't know, when I opened the box, if I had just collected the fabric, or, had it cut for what I needed. I saw labels on the fabric, so I was excited to learn it was already cut and ready to sew.
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| there are 2 quilts cut out in the box |
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| I had all the letters I needed for the pattern -quilt #1 |
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| I arranged them on tray with all the letters showing |
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| quilt # 2 |
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| 42 x 54 and 7 yards of fabric |
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| pink flannel back |
My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:
postage stamp psp20
2 pink flannel baby quilts and here
I haven't been able to add to the pink drawer of 2 1/2 inch strips in a long time. It is full. I noticed some red had worked it's way into the drawer when I wasn't looking, too. I have a new rainbow scrap challenge block I want to make to use from this drawer and help clean and organize it.
The first step was to divide the strips into width of fabric strips and shorter. I was curious about how many would fall into each category. I grabbed a part of the pile for the HSTS - ( half square triangles ) I was planning to cut.
I needed 2 1/2 inch HSTS for the crumb star blocks, I was planning to make. I had used crumbs and strings to make 8 - 4 1/2 inch squares. Eight was the number, because, that was all I could easily dig and find. Each star needs 8 star points aka hsts.
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| trimmed and ironed |
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| 1st block and, yes, I like it enough to continue |
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I have two postage stamp blocks - psp20 - my goal is 5 new every month this year. It's hard to tell, but these are 2 different pinks. I bought a honey bun especially for making these blocks, but, it has disappeared. So, I will be scrounging through my limited stash of solids. No problem. Maybe, if I pretend I am not interested in finding it, it will show up again. LOL
tiny houses
I made the tiny houses from 2 inch strip bin. I look for the shortest strip and cut it 2 1/2 inches and 3 1/2 inches, hopefully, until I use it all.
As I am making postage stamp blocks, I am playing around with these cute little waffle stamps blocks. They are trimmed to 5 1/2 and take 10 - 1 1 /2 inch squares. I found them to be very fun and addictive.
I cut 10 sets of pink for the waffle stamp blocks and started sewing them. I decided I would use small 1 1/2 inch pieces to strip piece sets of 5 for the centers of the block and clean out the drawer. I am glad I cut pink. After I added these to the box, I realized I hadn't cut any pink in my marathon cutting session. And pink will be so pretty in a scrappy quilt.
1. grab color wire basket and sort - DONE
I keep my fabric chunks in wire baskets by color. Some baskets are in tidy shape, others, not so much. Pink is very tidy and full.
2. decide ufo by color -prioritize as #1 - pillowcases are DONE and I have the flannel baby quilts ready to sew
pink -2 love pillowcases, 2 baby flannel quilts, zuckerwaite ( any progress is progress)
3. make ongoing rsc blocks - DONE I could use a couple more psp20 blocks
4. cut/use 2 1/2 in strips in color
wonky stars with crumb centers ? purple churndash ? nearly lemoyne hunter ? coins ?
rectangles ?
5. Make or finish a table topper for the challenge with Joy of Joyful quilting
6. participate with the full stop quilt that Angela is doing - it is cut but note sewn
postage stamp psp20
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rsc20 super saturday
oh scrap
UFO busting
Happy New Year!
I hesitate to say it, since I said it last year, and look what happened.
Pink is the first color of the year for the rainbow scrap challenge. I hope to follow a plan for working on this challenge this year.
1. grab color wire basket and sort
I keep my fabric chunks in wire baskets by color. Some baskets are in tidy shape, others, not so much. Pink is very tidy and full.
2. decide ufo by color -prioritize as #1
pink -2 love pillowcases, 2 baby flannel quilts, zuckerwaite ( any progress is progress)
3. make ongoing rsc blocks
postage stamp psp20
4. cut/use 2 1/2 in strips in color
wonky stars with crumb centers ? purple churndash ? nearly lemoyne hunter ? coins ?
rectangles ?
5. Make or finish a table topper for the challenge with Joy of Joyful quilting
6. participate with the full stop quilt that Angela is doing
My first ufo in pink are two pillowcases I bought in Utah one year while visiting my daughter.
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| fabrics in kit 1 |
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| fabrics in kit 2 |
I have a project box collecting all the crafty and not quilty projects that never seem to get done. This is one of them. It is a small project, compared to a quilt, so, I hope to make more than one ufo project in January
And, hooray, my first finish for 2021. It is a real relief to have this off the ufo/ to do list.
My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:
postage stamp psp20
I am linking to:
rsc20 super saturday
oh scrap
UFO busting
