Bow Tie Trip Around the World

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This is the third bow tie quilt in my quest to use up blocks from this year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I wanted a different set for this one.  Isn't it dramatic?

I only had 4 orange blocks left, so that worked out for the center.

The border is a cute Dr. Seuss print from the clearance section at the local quilt shop.  I never pass up Dr. Seuss!  

Thanks to the RSC, I used up lots of scraps this year, like the jeep on a green background.  (And yet, there are more scraps than ever.  Must be a law of physics or something.)

The blocks are 8 in. finished, and this quilt took 48 blocks set 6 x 8, with a 4 in. finished border.  It's a sort of lap size/small twin, 56 in. x 72 in.

I will be donating this one as a top.  It will go to the Children's Advocacy Center in Milwaukee after it is quilted.

So the bow tie quilt count is up to 3.  Still more coming!  (But the end is in sight.)

In other news, I have started assembling the heart blocks I also made for the RSC.  There will be multiple heart quilts also.  The first one I will call Happy Hearts.  I'm framing the 6 in. heart blocks with 2 in. cut strips to make 9 in. finished blocks.  I've made a quilt like this before, a long time ago.  Other ideas for setting the hearts are floating around in my head.

Right now though I'm working on what I'm calling The Princess Problem.  A few months ago, a friend at quilt guild gave me a stack of Princess Life charm squares.  I had them out this week, thinking about how to use them.  Wednesday night at this month's quilt guild meeting she had found another huge batch of these same blocks, and gave them to me.  There are 335 squares! 

 

So what's the problem?  How best to use them to make quilts for little girls.  This is a great problem to have.

So far I have made a chart and a graph and planned one quilt.  Seems like a good start, but it uses less than half of the squares.  Time to drag out my charm square books.

That's what I'm working on.  How about you?

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you may have noticed I'm not posting as many pictures of my youngest grandsons Buddy and Little Guy.  That's because their mom is between jobs, so I'm currently not babysitting them.  I miss seeing them every day!  We do still get together but I often forget to take pictures (Ack!  sound of hand hitting forehead).  I'm sure I'll be babysitting again sometime soon.

For now, here's a photo from last summer of my daughter and all three of her sons.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!  Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Americans!

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

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