Here we are, the first day of a brand new year!
I hope it is a great scrappy year for us all.
And just how did I ring in the New Year?
Knee deep in purple scraps!
As soon as Angela announced the color for January, I pulled my purple bin and started sorting. I am pleased this is this month's color - my bin is stuffed full!
Right away I started sewing all the strings into these scrappy 10" blocks. Not sure how many I will make - I am just going to keep sewing until I run out of strips.
So far, it looks like it is going to be a great year!
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Linking Up:
Love Laugh Quilt (Monday Making)
Patchwork Times (Design Wall Monday)
Cooking Up Quilts (Main Crush Mondays)
Em's ScrapBag (Moving it Forward)
Linking Up:
Love Laugh Quilt (Monday Making)
Patchwork Times (Design Wall Monday)
Cooking Up Quilts (Main Crush Mondays)
Em's ScrapBag (Moving it Forward)
14 comments:
I'm joining in this year. I need to finish up a small project before I can start my blocks but I did pull the purples. I need to cut more purple strips so I have a better variety of purples. Happy sewing! villacrestfarm@gmail.com
I am sick of my old stash, so am being inspired by you to do string blocks for the RSC to use up my old stash!
Those purple blocks are so pretty! I'll be getting mine out this week, too!
I am wondering just how many blocks you ended up with last night! It looked like you were going full steam! Here's to another year full of progress, creativity and perhaps a little selfish sewing for you! Happy New Year! I agree with Sandra...I'm sick of my stash too!
happy new year - I guess I have enough scrappy projects to qualify to link LOL
Happy New Year! :)
I hope to join in with your linkup a couple of times this year. Thank you for hosting.
Great blocks!!! I think that the strings are a great idea!
You definitely got a good jump on this month's RSC color!
So, how does this scrap thing that you're doing work? Are you cutting your scraps into specific width strips, or random width depending on the scraps at hand? Are you just strip piecing and then trimming them into squares or are you sewing them to foundations of some kind? Every time I come up with a "scrap busting" project, I just end up chopping up new fabric into even MORE scraps!
Oh how I love to see those purples. What a great way to start the new year.
Your purple bin is much fuller than mine. I'd have a hard time coming up with blocks for this. Your's look great!
I've always done totally scrappy, anything goes string blocks, but I love your one-color ones! I may have to give that a try one day...
Thank you for writing about the RSC 17! I've been so eager to join in that I've already cut up my strips to make a string quilt! I agree with Sandra C's comment - you have inspired me to use these strips to make a string quilt for the RSC 17! Thank you for sharingF!
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