ScrapHappy Saturday Dark Blue Saturday #3

Just a little dark blue sewing this week. 

Another Geese Migration Block. Trying to get the colors to progress from light to dark, top to bottom. 

Not sure I was successful, but it will be OK!

Three more hollow 9 patches were my leaders and enders.  That makes 6 total. I have no idea what I will do with these. But they are easy and fun. 2" strips and squares are always in my scrap box. 

I started making stars for Covered In Love block drive for July-August. If you don't know about this charity, check it out. I am not always able to donate a whole quilt. I have to schedule and pay a long arm quilter. But I can always send blocks. Even in this time of weirdness!  It doesn't cost much to cut your stash and mail off some blocks. 

Two are done. I am aiming for 8. This drive is extra fun and easy. Only rules:  12.5" unfinished block. Red, White and Blue Star. Any star. Any combination of red or white or blue. If you check out Kat's blog you will see the amazing results. 

That's all for this week. And I'll leave you with a quote from my six year old great grandson. By way of clarification, he calls his grandma ( my daughter) YaYa.   "YaYa, I have been here(in this house) like 5,000 days!"     Poor weary kids. They don't understand why their life has changed so drastically. If we could just #wearthedamnmask and get this spread under control,  then we could all go back to better normal. 

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I am linking with Angela at So Scrappy's ScrapHappy Saturday. 

Finished or Not Friday 6/5/20

 

 I’m not fond of mending. But I put a quick hem in the sleeves of an old denim shirt. I’m not fond of squaring up a quilt and attaching the binding! Even on a small baby quilt. But I did that too, this week. This little “Lovie” will be sent off to Jack’s Basket! I auditioned a couple of different fabrics for the binding. I thought it needed a darker contrasting binding since the outside edges are light. I even looked through the drawers of a forgotten little chest behind my sewing machine. I found a large piece of the dark purple that is in the center block! “Jackpot”! And I like it a lot.

Do you put a label on a donation quilt! I know that there are restrictions for QOV donations. I’ll check the Jack’s Basket website before I go further.

The backing is pieced, as almost all of my backings are these days! The pink is just tone on tone leaves, but the print is Cabbage Patch Kids. With pink hearts. I had already used some of this print, and there was just a chunk left, but the pinks were great together. 

A close up of the binding, and the quilting. A panto called "Promise". Isn't that a great design and a name for this quilt!  Also, there is some more of that Winnie the Pooh fabric. I think it is gone now!

I'm linking this post up with Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts.  Normally I have an "or Not". Finally I have a finish!!

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ps: I'm having a bit of a problem with the new version of Blogger.  Has anyone discovered how to make the photos bigger?

Oh scraps equal?

Such a lot of mismatched scraps and chunks in my novelty bin. I saw this block on Sylvia's blog: Treadlestitches.   She had some great fabrics,  made 9 blocks, added a wide border and voila!, a kid's quilt!.

I could do that!  I started to lay out some coordinating fabrics and decided I could make a bunch and take them to my October retreat. All laid out on the portable design board. It worked and I came home with 14 blocks.  Now my dilemma is... do I cut back to  3X3 layout like Sylvia's or make 2 more for a 4X4 quilt top. It's busy and colorful and fun! 

Maybe I'll start with making 2 more, rearrange some of these and then, keep working on my Novelty Bin and make 9 more after that! 

Decisions, decisions!   I'll let you know what I decide.

I'm linking up with Oh Scrap at Quilting is more fun than Housework.


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