Last Call for Pink

Welcome to Treadlestitches, and to the last pink week of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2021.  This photo of a pink sunrise this week seemed appropriate.

How are you coming along on your pink projects?  We had five Saturdays this month, so I'm less behind than usual.

The rest of my projects have been blocks for baby quilts, made from bright colored scraps and novelty prints.  But I do have a few drawers (and baskets and boxes, etc.) of 1800s reproduction scraps, and I don't want them to be left out of the party.

I'm making Lemoyne star blocks, 2 each month, from the repro fabrics.  In the past, I've made these by hand because I had lots of trouble sewing inset angles by machine.  This time, it's all machine piecing.  I'm hoping practice will help me get sharp points (especially in the center!) and that the blocks will lay flat.  I'm not completely there yet, but maybe by the end of the year!

And as long as I was digging into the gorgeous pink repro scraps, I started another project.  (Well, of course I did.)  It's a Civil War history Block of the Month (BOM), by Barbara Brackman.  (Click HERE for the first post.)  The BOM is called Hands All Around:  Alcotts at War.  Each month, Barbara will give us a star block to piece, plus an in depth post on author Louisa May Alcott and her family during the Civil War.  Ms. Brackman has promised that the blocks will be simple, and easy enough for beginners, which anyone with a busy life can appreciate.

I'm going to try to combine this new project with the RSC.  My plan is to use the same background and the same blue print for the star points in each block, with the RSC color in the center.  We'll see if this is possible.  BTW, did I mention this BOM is free? 

So, this happened Tuesday.  Even though we only got about 7 inches of snow, it fell at just the wrong time, right at morning commute, so schools were closed.  Our high school grandson was just starting back in person instead of virtual, so he got a much-loved day off.  Little Buddy's preschool was closed, too.

Here's what the driveway and street look like now.  We had our first below zero temps this week, so of course nothing has melted.  We're supposed to get a big storm tonight, too.

It's a good thing there's plenty to do indoors.  Baby Buddy and I work puzzles as a team.  He takes the pieces out, and I put them back.

Warning!  Something scary is coming!

It's the Little Buddy-asaurus!  Run!

Little Buddy loves taking pictures with my camera.  He was really proud of this one.  "You can even see my feet!" he said to me.  I guess when my feet accidentally get into a quilt picture I should just roll with it.  His feet are cuter than mine, though.

I didn't get a lot of sewing done this week, but at least I finished enough of these little blocks for a baby quilt.  The clothespins clip together sets of ten.  I'm using 72 blocks, set 8 across and 9 down.

So that's what I'll be working on today.  What's going on in your world? 

Have a lovely week, and stay safe!

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

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I'm linking up with:

Angela at So Scrappy, home of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Cynthia at Oh Scrap