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Well, look what "grew" in my garden this week! It's a little nine patch quilt, ready to be donated.
Most of the 2.5 in. (unfinished) squares came from a bag I picked up on the free table at our quilt guild. There were lots of solid and print squares, so it made sense to combine them. I call this one Nine Patch A and B, because there are two kinds of blocks. Block A has 5 solid squares and 4 print squares, and Block B has 5 print squares and 4 solids.
The border is a Sesame Street print. This is what was left after I used it on a previous quilt. Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Zoe are skating and jumping rope etc., having a good time outside.
The binding is made from a scrap! I had to piece seven strips together for a quilt 36 in. x 42 in., but it was worth it to use up the scrap and get this color. From now on I'm calling this shade Elmo Red. The back came from the big sale at the museum.
The quilting is my usual serpentine stitch in a two inch grid. Mrs. Pfaff and I are on a roll finishing up some small tops.
August is aqua! It's the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month. My aquas seem to divide into greenish ones and blueish ones, so I made blocks of each. Above are the greenish aqua Bright Hopes blocks, 6 in. finished.
These are the blueish Bright Hopes. Lots of fish, bugs, frogs, and even Hello Kitty.
There were some fun fabrics to piece into big bowties, too, like dinosaurs and Scooby Doo.
More fish here, even Baby Shark (sorry if that brings up an earworm for you like it does for me!).
It was just like potato chips, I couldn't stop making Bow Ties. Some of these were not strictly aqua, but it won't matter when they're put into quilts.
Favorite block of the week:
I had never seen this fabric before. I just love that frog with a banjo. You never know what fun prints you're going to find when you collect scraps!
My little rascals went to Vacation Bible School this week. They're posing in a pretend magnifying glass.
After VBS on Thursday we went to a park with lots of structures to climb on. Buddy is getting ready to launch himself onto some monkey bars.
Little Guy got into the act, too. It was good for them to get out and get some exercise, after being stuck indoors due to the rain on Wednesday.
I'm glad to have made some inroads on the UFOs and RSC blocks this week, since I don't know how much I will be able to do next week. I have unfortunately acquired a summer cold. I rate it 0/10, would not recommend. Avoid it if you can!
Have a lovely week! I hope it's filled with all the things you love to do. Including quilting!
Thanks for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
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August is aqua! It's the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month. My aquas seem to divide into greenish ones and blueish ones, so I made blocks of each. Above are the greenish aqua Bright Hopes blocks, 6 in. finished.
That is a sweet little 9-patch quilt. Love all the aqua blocks you have already!
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope you can chase that dreadful cold away. Fluids, rest, sunshine. You know the drill!. Love, love, love the frog and banjo.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a bright and cheery nine patch quilt in your garden, you always stitch such happy quilts. Pretty aqua blocks too, I particularly like the bow ties, that block was one of the first I ever stitched when I joined RSC.
ReplyDeleteThose bright colors in the 9 Patch are so fun! Somebody is going to just love it! Get feeling better & back to your aquas1
ReplyDeleteYour 9 patch blocks are so much fun. I always take a look at my guild's free table. I've made several quilts with fabric from it. I understand this coming Saturday's meeting is going to feature someone's attempt to get rid of her stash of fabric.... hum, looking forward to seeing what is on offer. I like your banjo playing frog too.
ReplyDeleteYour nine patch quilt is so happy and fun, Sylvia! Lots to look at in that one. I love seeing all the cute prints you have in your RSC blocks, too! I'm so sorry you're under the weather - hope it doesn't last long!
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