Saturday, August 13, 2016

Playing Catch-Up

It is hard to believe that it is almost 3 weeks since my last blog post, mostly due to an insanely busy schedule at work. I've been grabbing a few minutes here and there for quilting, but haven't accomplished much, and I find it easier to stitch than to write coherent sentences in a blog post.

I did get a day off in the middle of the week, and that was my first chance to pull out some fabric options for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge sampler blocks. Our color assignment this month is "the hazy purple of a dawn sky with hints of evergreens." The alternate color choice is to work with greys. I actually have a decent collection of prints that combine purple and green, so I pulled out strips of all those fabrics, plus some other purples, trying to stay away from the pinky purples.



Then I rearranged all my strips, matching them up in pairs as they will be used in the bullseye blocks for the sampler. I'm planning to use the fabrics that run across the top of this photo as the center squares, and the lower strips to surround them.


Here is Angela's sample of the bullseye block that we will be making. Fortunately, it is a very easy block. I hope to have some time over the next week to start cutting for my sampler blocks, and maybe I can even get a few stitched together!






Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday and at Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday.

Julie in GA

14 comments:

  1. You do have some really lovely fabrics to work with. I didn't have much in that range so I'm focused on finishing some almost-done scrap projects. Hope your schedule settles down so you aren't SO busy.

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  2. You have a great selection of fabrics waiting for you to make those bulls-eye blocks. Nice fabrics.

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  3. Gorgeous purples--love the simplicity of that block--(meaning for me I could do it LOL)...are you using 2.5" strips and squares? Hugs, Julierose

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  4. You're lucky to have such a selection of great fabrics to work with. I predict that your bullseye blocks will be gorgeous. I hope you get plenty of relaxing stitching time this week to find out!

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  5. Where did you ever get such a great variety of purples, greens and gray? They will come together in a special way. Can't wait to see the results.

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  6. I love your fabric combinations. I hope you get time to sew this week.

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  7. Now that's a great palette of strips to work with today! Have fun!

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  8. What a wonderful selection of PURPLE fabrics!! Good luck finding time to sew the Bulls-eye Blocks... it sounds like you are going to need it!

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  9. Those purple and green circles in the square grid are a hoot...and the bubbles fabric looks like it might be its best friend.

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  10. Purple is at an all time low in my stash! Your stash is brimming!

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  11. Your purples are so pretty! I especially love that you found some with green in the print, too! Hope work calms down for you and you get more stitching time this week!

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  12. Hope you find lots of time this week to sew with those pretty fabrics. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  13. You do have a wonderful collection of purples gathered together to work with, look forward to seeing what you make with them.

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  14. Beautiful fabric selections! Hope work has calmed down a little and you've been able to find some time to stitch here and there.

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