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Hello, quilters! It's a beautiful summer morning here, and I'm hanging out my pastel baby quilt top for a photo.
The blocks were made in June, which was pastel month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Pastel colors didn't really fit with my usual bright-as-the-sun RSC blocks, but no worries, I could just make a pastel quilt. I chose the fabric above for the alternate blocks, and made the pieced blocks from my small stash of baby-friendly prints.
This one literally says "Baby"!
So does this one, plus "cutie pie" and "little sweet pea".
I had a few light prints with baby toys to add in.
Two of the prints had diaper pins on them! The one is a vintage fabric.
These are the kind of diaper pins I used with my kids, way back in the 1980s. Hey, moms, did you use cloth diapers too? It was certainly cheaper than buying disposables. But definitely messier lol.
The quilt will be donated to the Children's Advocacy Center in Milwaukee. I'm not sure if I'll donate it as a top or quilt it myself. The center serves foster children as young as 3 months. Absolutely heartbreaking, but I'm glad the kids are getting help.
In other news, aqua blocks are getting made for July's RSC color. This set is my Greek Cross blocks.
The cat fabric in the
center of this block came from a quilt shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. I call them my British kitties. I only had a fat quarter of it, and I will be very sorry when it's used up. But that's what's it's for, after all.
Equal time for dogs! Good old American Scooby Doo is sniffing out crime in this print. Or maybe just looking for Scooby Snacks?
More aqua RSC blocks! These are my Whirlygigs, some in blue-ish aqua and some in greenish. I'm showing two sets of RSC blocks this week, because I won't be posting next week. My mom and nephew are coming to visit! Mom hasn't been here in a while due to health issues, but she's doing great now and the family can't wait to see her. My nephew is taking the ferry across the lake from Michigan. It's going to be a good time, but no time for quilting and blogging.
In Progress
I'm still making Criss Cross Stars, a Lori Holt pattern. (To see her YouTube tutorial, click
HERE.) For the squares in the center of the blocks, I'm using either multicolor prints or black background prints. I have a lot of each of these, and I tend to forget about them. My biggest problem was finding "calmer" backgrounds in my stash, but I finally got all the blocks cut at least.
About two weeks ago, Hubby and I went to the big flea market in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. I didn't buy much (mostly fruits and vegetables at the produce stand) but I took a few quilt pictures. I always love to see the old quilts...
...and the new ones! Great scrap quilt, love the red! Those skinny flying geese (do they have a special name?) as sashings are amazing. Very dramatic!
This Little Guy can also be dramatic! I got to spend more time with just him the last two weeks while his brother was at wrestling camp. The new Toy Story movie came out, and he wanted to make this version of Forkie after he found a red pipe cleaner. We improvised with what we had here. True to the movie, Forkie jumped in the trash a couple of times, but was rescued. A happy ending.
I hope you're having a happy ending or beginning to this week! Happy Quilting!
See you on July 25th!
Thanks for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
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