A Log Cabin Finish

 One of my incentives for starting a scrap quilt is that a color bin is so stuffed, I cannot fit it back in its location on the shelf.  Such was the case with my brown scrap bin a few months ago.

So I got to cutting those scraps into 1.5" strips, added some cream colored scraps and made some courthouse steps blocks.

My navy blue scraps were overflowing too so I decided to make a few of these blocks too.

Well, today I am ready to share the finish!

I created a few half blocks in blue to put on the top and bottom of the columns so that I created a staggered layout.  I am really pleased with how it turned out!

Here it is with some of my daffodils.  They are a wonderful sign of spring!

I didn't have any brown backing fabric so I traded with a friend.  She had four yards in her stash she didn't think she would ever use and I gave her a whimsical black and white print that I know she will have lots of opportunity to use.  A win win for both of us!

I am not usually a fan of brown but I do like how this quilt turned out.  Hopefully now that I cleaned out a lot of my brown scraps, I won't have to make another brown quilt for a while.

Enjoy your weekend!

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Oh Scrap! : Loose Ends

 With the end of February coming up fast, I spent the last week cleaning up some of my scrap projects and making sure I had all my yellow blocks completed.

I did get my little blocks completed for the RSC Full Stop sampler quilt.  I am not sure yet how I am going to put all the blocks together so I only made a few of these.

I also sewed together the next set of blocks for Covered in Love.  I plan on loading it next on my longarm.  Now I will start to sew together all the red, white and blue stars.

I also dug out this old UFO.  Remember this?  I was thinking I needed some yellow blocks but I think I am just going to limit the colors to just those I have already sewn.  At this point, I think I just need to focus on making the tiniest blocks - the circle finishes at 5" for those!  I was happy to see green is the color for March.  That means I can make some more progress on this one...

I hope you hare having a Scrappy Weekend!

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Fiddlesticks

 I am happy to share the first quilt finish of the Covered in Love blocks sent to me by Kat over at Kat and Cat Quilts.

Kat called this block Fiddlesticks.  I really love how these blocks look all together.

Do you see your blocks?  I have to say everyone's blocks were so beautifully done.

Or maybe your blocks are over here...

I still have another stack of blocks to make a second quilt.  

I divided up the blocks into two stacks - 

red block for you...red block for you.

etc.

Turquoise and yellow were the most popular block colors.  

Not a lot of pink, purple or green people out there!

I quilted irregularly space horizontal lines in a light blue thread.  Kat also sent all the backings - this one got a pretty floral with a green inset down the back to make it wide enough.

Thanks to all who donated blocks.  It was so fun to see all the fun scraps!

Quilt #2 is already in the works.  When the blocks are already finished it doesn't take long to get the quilt top together!

Covered in Love is one of the organizations taking quilts this year for the Hands2Help quilt drive.  

I am already planning my quilts for the event!

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I was so happy to see that Laurel Burch precuts are now available at Connecting Threads.

The colors are amazing!