Fresh Off the Treadle

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I just cannot stop making pink projects!  And to think for years I thought I hated pink.  The Rainbow Scrap Challenge has helped me see that every color in the rainbow is a good color.  Above are my log cabin blocks, made from 2 in. wide scraps.  I made the last one early this morning.

Also this morning, we attended Baby Buddy's baptism (that's the young pastor holding him).  The poor little baby cried even before his head got wet, but he calmed down when it was over.  His cousins even had him laughing.  It was just the family at the church, wearing masks to keep each other safe. 

I think (!) this is my last bright pink project, just half square triangles in pink and white.  I was inspired by this photo of the first American (a nurse!) receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in New York.

Can you see the logo on the wall above for Northwell Health?  It just really caught my eye, especially as part of such an historic occasion.  I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the design, but I definitely need half square triangles.

So, if you're following along at home, that's NINE bright pink projects.  Thank goodness I have a notebook to keep track of them.  (I always buy notebooks at the Back to School sales.)  Maybe I won't have as many math errors this year, if I keep an accurate count of how many blocks I've made.  I also won't have to look for the patterns and measurements every month when a new color is announced.

Those log cabin blocks tried to get in every picture today!  Good thing I didn't take them to the church!  In this picture, I'm enjoying a hot cup of tea in an enormous new pink mug.  There are six different colors of mugs in the set.

This is the box the set of mugs came in.  Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Scrap storage!  This is a new home for many of my reproduction fabric scraps--5 in. squares in dark and light, 3.5 in. squares, and 2.5 in. x 4.5 in. bricks.  I had to take the divider out to get everything to fit, but it works really well.  Nice and tidy, and ready to go.

This is not tidy at all!  These little squares and rectangles are spread out on my treadle so I can pick the "perfect" ones to make these blocks:

The blocks are small, only 4.5 in. finished, so if my math is right (ha!) I will need at least 64 of them if I want to make a 36 in. square, or 80 of them for a quilt 36 in. x 45 in.   That should keep the treadle pedal pumping.

This picture is a happy surprise I found on my camera.  My Little Buddy borrowed the camera last week, and took lots of photos of toy dinosaurs, plus this selfie of himself with Bella the dog on the couch in the background.  He's an amazing kid.

I hope you have an amazing week, doing things you love to do.  Be well, and stay safe!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Angela at So Scrappy

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Sarah at Can I Get A Whoop Whoop

Cynthia at Oh Scrap