Friday, July 30, 2021

Goodbye to July

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

 How are your RSC blocks coming along?

It's the last week of dark blue for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I got my hsts done, and some of them use strips I cut from scraps I bought at the museum sale in June.  It's fun to use new fabrics, no matter where they came from!

Speaking of scraps, these are my dark blue small scraps and strips, plus a couple of orphan strip sets.  I used them to make these ...

hearts!  We're getting close to the end of the RSC year, and I think I finally have a plan for the heart blocks.  They're only 6 in. square, but I should have enough of them to make a good sized baby quilt.

I've also got a plan for my ice cream blocks, seen here in shades of dark blue.  I'm calling them blue berry and/or plum, with stars or sprinkles or swirls.  Mm, ice cream.  Just what we need on a hot summer day.

When my mom was here a couple of weeks ago, she and my husband and I spent a lovely Saturday at the Art Institute of Chicago.  I of course took photos of art that inspired me as a quilter.

This is a fireplace screen, made of mosaic tiles.  Check out that border!

The carvings on this antique chest look like quilting lines to me.  

This one even has stars!

Lastly, returning to the blue theme, is this chocolate jar.  Chocolate definitely deserves a beautiful container.  It's one of nature's miracles we sometimes take for granted.

I think I need to get some chocolate ice cream! 

Have a great weekend, and a lovely week ahead, with whatever treats you like best.

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:
Angela at So Scrappy
Cynthia at Oh Scrap 




19 comments:

  1. Chocolate definitely deserves a lock on it!! Lol

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  2. P.s. Love your blocks. Especially the ice cream ones!

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  3. Love your Heart blocks, I look forward for seeing a beautiful rainbow baby quilt made with them. Happy weekend.

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  4. That's a happy pile of blue scraps, and it's always fun to see what comes from those scraps! Of course, I am partial to the hearts. An outing to the art institute sounds like fun, too. We quilters see designs everywhere, don't we?!

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    1. We just can't help ourselves! Even logos and stop signs look like quilt patterns!

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  5. Great post! Your blocks are cute and the hearts will make a sweet baby quilt.

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    1. Thanks, Cathy! I can hardly wait to start putting it together.

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  6. You have been super busy on wrangling up those blue scraps. Woo Hoo! So much cuteness and inspiration in this post. I am in love with those scrappy hearts and how fun to use new scraps in it. Also those ice cream blocks are fabulous. Have a blessed weekend and happy quilting.

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  7. Love those ice cream blocks! So fun to see where we get inspired from.

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    1. Thanks, Deb! There is so much to look at everywhere, but especially in museums!

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  8. Love, love, love your heart blocks! Ice cream cones on a cupcake background. Why am I suddenly hungry? LOL. The pictures from the museum are awesome and very inspiring. So love that border ... and chocolate! ;^)

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  9. Those ice cream blocks make me smile every time. . .who wouldn't want ice cream on a hot day with swirls and stars??? Your museum finds with the Quilty theme were great too. That chocolate jar is beautiful!

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  10. Wonderful hearts, sure will make great quilt!!

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  11. Hearts and Ice Cream cones - the best combination!!

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  12. Love your blue crumby hearts. Oh, and a special very special jar for CHOCOLATE! What a great idea!

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  13. Sweet RSC blocks. I don't think you can ever go wrong with ice cream. I enjoy it all year long. Great trip to the art museum for quilting inspiration. You just never know where you will find it!

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