Scrap-A-Palooza! Quilt #19 Part One Fabrics

I found myself with some free time this afternoon so I thought I would spend it starting a new quilt!

It has been quite some time since I have sewn on a Scrap-A-Palooza quilt but many ideas have been floating around in my head.  As with many quilts, inspiration comes when I have to deal with finding a home for some fabric.

I am just about finished sewing up the top for my Park Bench quilt so I have gathered up all the odd shaped low volume scraps left over from the project.  Almost everything is cut at an angle on the quilt so the bits are not useful in a lot of my scrap quilts.

And speaking of triangles, I also thought I would start in my red scrap bin and pull out some of my odd shaped scraps form there too.  

So with camera in hand for capturing the process, I am off to sew all these odd shaped bits into some fun blocks.  I should be back in a few days to share what I came up with!

I am currious, what do you end up doing with your odd shaped scraps?

Linking Up:

Love Laugh Quilt (Monday Making)
Patchwork Times (Design Wall Monday)
Cooking Up Quilts (Main Crush Mondays)
Em's ScrapBag (Moving it Forward)

Freemotion by the River (Linky Tuesday)

Blossom Heart Quilts (Sew Cute Tuesday)

QuiltStory (Fabric Tuesday)

Sew Fresh Quilts (Bee Social)
Freshly Pieced (WIP Wednesday)  

Oh Scrap! : Sophie Junction QAL

I am always looking for new opportunities to use up scraps.  Sure, I can design something up on my own, but it is sometimes nice to let someone else do the work and all that is needed is to just follow along.

Well, Sophie over at Sophie's Junction has put together not one, but two sampler quilt alongs that you can participate in.  And the added bonus is that they are planned around the colors of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  How cool is that!

Her January block is Birds in the Air and she releases a pattern on how to make them for free for a limited time each month.  While making your blocks for the month, you can also cut your background pieces for one of her sampler layouts.  By the end of the year, you have a lovely rainbow quilt! 

If you want to participate, Sophie has kindly offered the coupon code Y2ZXRPX9US to my readers to receive the Birds in the Air block pattern through next Wednesday for free.  Thanks Sophie!

Each monthly block is also the design for her Block Lotto which also looks like a lot of fun.

So many options out there for using your scraps.  Hope you check out what Sophie has put together and maybe sew along! We would love to see your progress each Sunday on Oh Scrap!

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Now it is time to link up and share what scrappy projects you have worked on this week.  Here are the details for linking up:

• This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
• You can link up your blog post (not your homepage please) or Instagram photo from the past week that features your use of scraps.
• If you are linking to a blog post, I ask that you link back to my blog somewhere in your post. So if you are writing about scraps, just get into the habit of including a link as there will be a linky party available every week!
• If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
• This is a party so remember to socialize and comment on the posts of others.
• Following my blog is not necessary but it sure would be great if you do!

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From Some Odd Bits of Fabric

When a friend recently brought me some leftover fabrics that I ended up making my Bollywood quilt out of, tucked in the bottom of the bag was also a colorful panel.  Rather than put it in the scrap bin, I decided to sew it up into a couple quick projects.

First, there was a long and narrow section that ran along the selvage.  It was an easy finish to add a lovely border and quilt some straight lines. 

 A pretty print for the back and a navy Kona solid for the binding.

It is always good to have these little items around to give as gifts. 

And the colors in this are yummy!

The rest of the fabric panel consisted of a fun square design. 

Once again, I felt a simple border was all it needed.

The print for this one wasn't quite big enough so I had to use a little more of the Kona Navy.

 Another great piece waiting for gifting.....or keeping.  Hmmm...

I am not usually a fan of fabric panels but this one has great colors and a really pretty design.  I couldn't resist turning it into a finish.

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And a few events I want to bring to your attention.

Craftsy is holding a giveaway!  Follow this link to enter to win 5 Craftsy classes!  Good luck!!!

This weekend only, Craftsy is doing something they almost never do — all new online classes start at $14.99. That's right! That just-released class you've been eyeing from your favorite instructor is going to be on sale!

And if Santa brought you an Accuquilt Cutter and there are additional dies you want to pick up at a great price, AccuQuilt is having a sale through the weekend.

Linking Up:

Em's ScrapBag (Moving it Forward)

Blossom Heart Quilts (Sew Cute Tuesday)

QuiltStory (Fabric Tuesday)

Sew Fresh Quilts (Bee Social)

My Quilt Infatuation (Needle & Thread)

Confessions of a Fabric Addict (Can I get a Whoop! Whoop!)

TGIFF (Thank Goodness it is Friday Finish)

Fabric Frenzy Friday

Richard and Tanya Quilts

Crazy Mom Quilts (Finish it up Friday)
she can quilt (Scraptastic Tuesday)

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