It Starts With Scraps

 It started with the scraps.   Well, of course it did.

In last week's "episode", I wrote about sorting my tiny reproduction fabric scraps, so I could make these blocks.

Hurray!  All 56 of these little blocks are done, and made from 100% scraps.  I even looked up the block name in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns.  The closest match is #1602, which is called Thrifty (quite appropriate) and was published in the Kansas City Star in 1939.  Quilts were made in this pattern long before then, of course.

Last Sunday night, while watching PBS, I dumped out all the repro scraps on the floor and sorted them by size and color.  Any scraps big enough to cut a 2 in. square from went in a stack.  The rest went into these baggies. 

 Any non-quilters reading this must think it's hilarious to keep scraps this small.  Heck, many quilters would think so, too!

But look what you can do with them!  This is a 6 in. crumb square.  Isn't it cute?  I absolutely love it, even though I don't yet have a plan for using it in a quilt.  It will come to me.  Right?

While sorting through scraps, I found some triangles, like the ones above, left over from the quilt below.

 This quilt was made from somebody else's UFO that I bought at a quilt show.  (Click HERE for that story.)  This quilt went on to be donated through my quilt guild.  Looking at it now I'm reminded of the fall out shelter signs from my childhood.  (Ack!)

So that brings us around to this--a brand new quilt I started this week, just because I had some leftover cut pieces.  To me, these triangles look like strings of pennants hung up for an outdoor party.  The rows of pennants are not all sewn together yet.  I'm planning to add the light border, and then an outside border of squares.  I haven't made a baby quilt for a while.  It has been good to work on getting some of my other projects done, but I miss making these bright quilts for charity.

 

Did you see the purple triangles?  That's about all I managed for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this week.  This was a full week of babysitting the boys.  

Big Buddy starts his first job today, at a supermarket.  I don't really "babysit" him anymore, I just feed him and nag him about cleaning up his messes, and he introduces me to his favorite anime shows on Netflix.

Everybody was well this week, thank goodness, even Bella the dog, who got her shots at the vet.   I had to wait for her in the car due to the virus, which was weird but worked out okay.

These guys kept me hopping all week!  Baby Buddy is trying to learn to crawl.  I am watching with awe and horror, knowing how crazy everything will be when he is more mobile.

We try to take a walk in the park every day.  (This week we managed 4 out of 5 days!)  Every time we go, Little Buddy wants to have his picture taken sitting on this bench.

He will be starting preschool again this coming Thursday, and it's in-person.  I am trying not to burden him or his big brother with my worries about their safety.  I'll be making each of them a stack of masks this weekend.

Here's what Baby Buddy thinks about walks in the park--a good chance for a nap!

 

I don't know if I'll take a nap today, but I am definitely going to get some sewing done.  My sewing room is my happy place.

Have a good week, and stay safe!

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

 

Linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap