Fun, Fabric, and Friendship

It has been so much fun making these sawtooth square blocks, as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2019.

In addition to the crumb scraps that make the centers, I got to use some way cute fabrics for the saw points.  Like these bats and moons.

I really love this background fabric!  Sadly, I only had a small piece of it that I bought secondhand.

This cheeky little blue dog is peeking out of the center.
As I said, I really enjoyed making these blocks.  I'm almost sorry they're all done.

Twenty-five blocks seem like just enough for this quilt.   I made 3 blocks each of orange, yellow, aqua, light blue, dark blue, green, and purple, plus 4 red blocks (I had lots of tiny red scraps.)  It will be donated to a child when it's done.  I left out pink for two reasons--I don't have very many scraps of pink, plus using pink narrows down the recipients for the quilt.  Most kids, boys and girls, like bright colors, but boys seldom want quilts with pink.  Every so often, I make a mostly-pink quilt, just for the girls.

Now I have to decide what to use for sashing and cornerstones, and a border, so I can get this one finished up.

Don't worry, I have lots of fabric on hand to pick from!

Here's a stack I bought last Saturday at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show (aka Quilt Expo).  Can you see the purple fabric on top?  It's the only 1800s repro fabric in the pile.  The rest are light prints, bright prints and novelties.  These were all pre-measured, and priced at $5.99 per yard. (Woot!)

Here's more purple fun from the quilt show!  I bought this scrap bag from Primitive Gatherings, a wonderful quilt shop in Menasha, Wisconsin.  (I am a sucker for quilt shop scrap bags!)  I think I see a string quilt in my future.

More loot!  This is a transfer, printed on linen.  Look--the Eiffel Tower!  It had to come home with me.  It's a souvenir from Paris via Wisconsin.

And of course, I love this one even more.  What's better than antique sewing machines?  I'm picturing a wall hanging to showcase these linen pieces.
The linen transfers came from L'Atelier D'Isabelle.  I don't have any other information, sadly.

As much as I love looking at amazing quilts and shopping for fabric, I probably wouldn't have gone to the show if it hadn't been for my friend Debbie, who lives in Madison.  We wore ourselves out, and had a wonderful time.
Everything is better with a friend.

This week, I'm wishing the joy of friendship for all of us.
As the Girl Scouts say, Make new friends, but keep the old.
Cheers,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:
Angela at So Scrappy
Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Alycia at Alycia Quilts Finished or Not Friday
(Check out her churn dash quilts!
Cynthia at Oh Scrap